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Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
COVID-19 has caused an uptick in the demand for access to mental health and wellbeing training for the employees of financial services firms, according to SuperFriend. New analysis by the wealth management industry's mental health partner reveals a ...

Asset managers leverage tech, outsourcing for growth

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
The firms that succeed in the months ahead will leverage technology and scalable solutions to drive growth and reduce costs. That's according to new research from Northern Trust, who argue COVID-19 has highlighted the potential of technology and outsourcing ...

Flamingo AI acquisition scrapped

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
ASX-listed Flamingo Ai's proposed sale of its assets to Rymamay Investments has been scrapped after due diligence by the latter, as the parties couldn't agree the terms of the share sale agreement. Flamingo's board has now set itself a 30-day timeline ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Industry Super Australia's internal analysis has explored the other side of the superannuation guarantee debate, finding the costs of an increase in mandated savings may be shared between both employers and workers. A piece of internal analysis ...

Suncorp nabs business, private banking executive

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Suncorp has hired a former business and private banking executive from the Commonwealth Bank, set to guide the group's path towards digitisation and automation. Adam Bennett has nabbed the chief information officer role, and will join Suncorp from July ...

Centuria launches takeover bid

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The ASX-listed $7.2 billion real estate investment manager has launched a takeover bid for New Zealand-based Augusta Capital, set to acquire the firm's remaining shares for $122 million (NZD$130 million). It comes just over a month after Centuria Capital ...

Global boutique reduces fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
GQG Partners has reduced the management fees for its GQG Partners Global Equity Fund and the GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Management fees for the global equities fund has been reduced from 0.90% to 0.75%, and management fees for the emerging ...

ERS payments reach $15bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Almost $15 billion has been removed from Australia's superannuation system, but the number of weekly applications has started to reduce. Over the week to June 7, superannuation funds made payments to 167,000 members, bringing the total number of payments ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Rio Tinto has been excluded from two portfolio options of a major industry superannuation fund following its destruction of 46,000 year old Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge last month. First State Super has dropped Rio Tinto from the diversified ...

Zenith defends LICs/LITs

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Zenith Investment Partners maintains that there is still merit in listed investment companies and trusts, despite volatile market conditions exacerbating their propensity to trade away from their underlying value. Zenith head of real assets and listed ...