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A mixed year for super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... as an input to robust cohort identification and analysis. KPMG asset and wealth management national sector leader Linda Elkins commented: "Overlaying the need and formal requirement for retirement income strategies to deliver to the aging demographic ...

Super funds to reach $1tn by 2040: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... which will result in further consolidation, the report added. KPMG asset and wealth management national sector leader Linda Elkins said: "Funds that continue to look forward, and successfully refresh and develop their strategies to meet continually emerging ...

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... this for its staff after getting an exemption on the Act. KPMG national sector lead for asset and wealth management Linda Elkins said the exclusion of SG from Paid Parental Leave exacerbates the gap between men and women, as women are often using the ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... will now accelerate, mostly in the industry funds sector," KPMG national sector leader, asset & wealth management Linda Elkins said. "Over the next few years, we will see an increase in scale of the 'mega' funds and a widening gap between the 'sub-mega' ...

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 ...