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Two Brisbane advice firms merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... industry superannuation." Blue Harbour chief executive Todd Hitchcock said the merger will deliver many benefits to employees, advisers and clients including a stable, experienced management team. "I'll still be involved in the business and I'm always ...

AMP executive pay packet shrinks amid simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... proud of the corporate culture evident across AMP today. I'd like to thank, not only the current management and employees of AMP, but also those who were part of that journey over the past three-plus years." "Delivering on a cultural change agenda ...

ESSSuper faces class action threat over unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... superannuation calculations for some members of its Transport Superannuation Fund - a closed defined benefit scheme exclusive to employees of a transport authority who joined between 1 July 1988 and 31 December 1993. In some cases, ESSSuper allegedly ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... business from Suncorp Group. In doing so, it will become the second largest life insurer in New Zealand, with about 165 employees and a network of more than 180,000 customers and financial advisers. The sale includes an upfront payment of NZ$250 million ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
MetLife Australia is introducing menopause, fertility, and gender affirmation leave for employees, while also extending its parental leave policy. The life insurer is rolling out a revamped benefits program for its staff, saying the new policy is designed ...

Mercer Super recruits growth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... while strengthening the fund's capability to deliver strong retirement outcomes for corporate super clients, their employees and associated licensees and advisers." Raynes spent 16 years with the US banking giant, with his time evenly split between ...

ASIC bans director who promised 150% returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... also accused of implying Panacea Capital comprised of teams of people with certain skills and knowledge when the only employees were Creigh and one other person. ASIC found that all those statements were misleading, and that Creigh had engaged in misleading ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... evolution and availability of AI technology." Backeberg said he expects it will take around 18 months for AustralianSuper employees to properly adopt generative AI because the fund needs to "think carefully" about how it will be embedded into its processes. ...

GQG builds private markets unit on PAC stakes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... Greenwood previously worked together at PAC and its predecessor Northern Lights Capital Group. Most of PAC's US-based employees will also become part of GQG. GQG chief executive Tim Carver said: "The launch of this business line, and its partnership ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... protections for whistleblowers in such cases, finding HR teams prioritise the reputation of the business over the wellbeing of employees. It said 70% of whistleblowers in financial services were victimised, dismissed, or felt resignation was their only ...