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Iress restructures investment management, advice roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... market infrastructure; his new duties will bring together clients with specialist growth needs in areas such as superannuation and managed funds. Iress chief commercial officer Simon New said: "We would like to thank Kirsty and Tizzy for their considerable ...

GigSuper folds, administrator takes over

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Startup superannuation fund GigSuper is now in administration less than five years after it launched. DW Advisory was appointed as administrator on 10 December 2021. DW Advisory held a creditors' meeting on January 22 online, detailing the financial ...

APRA takes next step on super data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
The prudential regulator wants to begin publishing data on all superannuation products and investment options, commencing a new consultation today. Last year APRA undertook phase one of its data transformation which saw super trustees required to provide ...

ASIC consults on refreshing PDSs, FSGs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... disclosure statements and financial services guides. Under Consultation Paper 358 Remaking ASIC relief on PDSs, superannuation dashboards and FSGs, the corporate regulator is proposing to consolidate seven instruments into three new instruments without ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Scenario analysis from Schroders indicates that an Australian private debt portfolio could have outperformed the Your Future, Your Super fixed income benchmark. The analysis performed by Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith showed it would have ...

SMSF Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... Hamilton who is stepping down after two terms as chair. Hay-Bartlem brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about superannuation and SMSFs specifically, having practised in this area of the law for nearly three decades. "The association will be well ...

Aware Super advice arm to pay $20m fine

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... StatePlus, charged about 25,300 customers a total of $50 million in fees for advice services included as part of the superannuation product offered by Aware FS. The firm provided at least 17,500 customers with written disclosure documents advising them ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... into a strategic outsourcing arrangement by moving the management of its investment assets to Hostplus' Pooled Superannuation Trust in April 2021. Maritime Super said it had been seeking a merger partner, undertaking a competitive assessment of funds ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Global pension fund assets have doubled in the last decade, with Australia's pension assets growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... head for Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said. "For this reason, we're seeing a host of investors from superannuation funds to family offices look to longer-term investment options such as private equity. This is a trend that's been prevalent ...