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E&P Financial Group director steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
E&P Financial Group bid farewell to an independent non-executive director and appointed its chief executive as managing director. Kevin McCann joined the board in 2020 and was lead independent director, chair of the people, nomination and remuneration ...

Demand for niche advice firms increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Radar Results is seeing an uptick in demand for niche areas of financial advice, which includes risk insurance businesses. Currently, there is demand from buyers for complete licensee groups with between 50 to 200 authorised representatives. Another ...

Multi-boutique appoints head of private wealth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Warakirri Asset Management hired from UBS for the newly created role of head of private wealth. Ben Williams was head of wholesale client coverage at the Swiss bank for over four years. He was previously national manager, retail at Lazard Asset Management ...

Bond scam defrauds SMSFs $2.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
A fake bond scam run has allegedly defrauded self-managed super fund members of $2.8 million. Richard Emil Ayoub, an American national, allegedly funnelled the money into Bitcoin between March and August 2021 after promoting it to investors as a fixed ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Did the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) jump or was pushed by the bond market to scrap its target to keep the April 2024 Australian government bond yield at 10 basis points. The answer to this question becomes important because it would dictate future ...

APRA finalises framework for insurance in super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
APRA has finalised its revisions to guidance on insurance in superannuation, which was made in response to findings from the Royal Commission. APRA conducted extensive industry consultation on this matter over two years. Now, the completion of this ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
New analysis from Alpha Real Capital, a specialist income manager, suggests that £450 billion of inflation‐linked liabilities belonging to UK defined benefit pension schemes are unmatched. Alpha's analysis showed that higher inflation risks have ...

Active Super adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The $14 billion industry superannuation fund will welcome a new board director next month, appointed to a four-year term. Liverpool City Council's Nathan Hagarty will join Active Super's board on December 5 as an employer-nominated director. ...

Organisations, employees disagree on work arrangements

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
The satisfaction gap between business leaders and employees on the future of work is widening, according to new research. NTT's latest Global Workplace Report found chief executives are 20% more likely to believe their organisation is very effective ...

Aussie equities small caps deliver 35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
Australian equities small caps outpaced other asset classes in the year to September, delivering a median return of 35.2% per annum to wholesale investors. According to Rainmaker's latest Wholesale managed funds performance tables, the asset class ...