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Generation gap opens up in financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... need to focus on operational improvements even more to meet expectations," KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins said. "A majority said financial advice from their provider was important, but only a third were willing to pay for it, so ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... next half a decade, with 52 still around in 10 years' time, KPMG wrote. KPMG head of wealth and asset management Linda Elkins said the pressures of COVID-19 would only serve to intensify the increased merger activity of the past year. Elkins pointed ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... Australia's superannuation market, with COVID-19 to blame. According to KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins, the pandemic has put enough pressure on industry funds to see them fall well behind SMSFs. "The arrival of the COVID-19 era ...

ASIC drags CFS to court over MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... comply with financial services laws. The ASIC action comes after the Royal Commission heard former CFS general manager Linda Elkins admit 15,000 super members had not been moved to MySuper products by the deadline. The Royal Commission also heard CFS ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... contribution that women make to society through caring for other generations," KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins said. "But sadly the current system does the opposite - while it was not designed to discriminate against women, in effect ...

Boutique fund manager chief retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... opportunities. Prior to Mercer, he was Russell Investments' managing director of superannuation where he replaced Linda Elkins. Cooper Investors runs 10 funds, of which two are long/only global equities funds for retail investors and the remaining for ...

Retail fund faces class action on MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... 100,000 members. The class action was filed in the Federal Court in Victoria and names former CFS executive director Linda Elkins in particular. The action alleged CFS's implementation of the MySuper reforms for members of the FirstChoice Employer ...

KPMG foretells open super era

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... management "no matter how rosy the scene may appear at the moment". However, KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins revealed the firm has already fielded significant interest from "large industry and retail funds" for insights as to how ...

New executive role at Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... conduct a search for a permanent replacement," the spokesperson said. CFS is also yet to appoint a replacement for Linda Elkins who left as the executive general manager in July for Paul Howes's old role at KPMG. Chun and Power acted as joint executive ...

CFSGAM sale clears regulatory hurdles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... since put the demerger on ice, offloaded Count Financial business, and bid farewell to CFS executive general manager Linda Elkins.