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Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Importantly, Debelle also chaired the Global Foreign Exchange Committee, which coordinates standards for central banks and private sector companies in the currencies market. Meanwhile, Mercer Super ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... reduced, along with more transparency on how these costs are arrived at." A report by the Senate Economics References Committee on ASIC's investigation and enforcement released last week called for a review of how the regulator is funded. In 2022-23 ...

GAM launches alternative investments unit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... range of alternative investment funds and managed accounts. From 2017 to 2023, Freeman was a member of the Investment Committee of SSVL Monaco, a Monaco based activist fund focused on small and mid-cap European companies. Prior to that he was the chief ...

AMP snares retirement expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... she held various roles within the organisation, including chair of the Superannuation Projection and Disclosure Sub-committee, member of the Superannuation and Investments Practice Committee, and member of the Data Analytic Working Group. For five years ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... franchise in Australia and New Zealand. He will also become a member of the firm's Australia and New Zealand Operating Committee. Davis brings over 25 years of experience in financial services, having held roles in Sydney, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... protections, according to the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). In its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into Financial Abuse, the FAAA put forward seven key recommendations to ...

Super account advice fees a sticking point for advice bill: Senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
The government committee tracking the implementation of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms emphasised in its final report it wants "greater legal clarity" to how advice fees are deducted from superannuation fund accounts. The Senate ...

Trustee boards fail to challenge unlisted valuations: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... unlisted assets. Most RSEs surveyed said there had not been any instance in which the board or relevant board-delegated committee challenging and/or overriding valuations provided by management since 1 July 2022. Most RSEs also said the same for valuations ...

Industry Super Australia names new chair

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... industries and is a well-known expert in marketing strategy in superannuation. "Umberto was also one of the initial committee members for the development of the very first Compare the Pair campaign and was instrumental in building the core collective ...