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Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
A former BT Life Insurance head of product and sales has taken on the role, following the resignation of Andrew Tobin last year. Rachel Grimes spent over 20 years at Westpac in several senior finance roles including director of mergers and acquisitions ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
"I think I can make it now, the pain is gone All of the bad feelings have disappeared Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day." -- Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now" Do you ...

Government passes advice, super reforms

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
Financial advisers will now need prior written consent each year from clients before deducting fees, while funds from Eligible Rollover Funds must now be reunited with members within 28 days. Two key pieces of legislation were passed yesterday: the ...

ASIC takes NAB to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
The corporate regulator has taken NAB to the Federal Court, alleging the bank wrongly charged customers fees for at least 12 years. The regulator yesterday filed initial documents with the Federal Court's Queensland registry, seeking orders that NAB ...

UK drags Bravura performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Bravura Solutions is feeling the sting of COVID-19 as its overseas operations deliver large blows to its profitability of more than 50%. The administration and management software provider announced that its UK and South African units have severely ...

Link flags PEXA listing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Link Group is now exploring the possibility of listing PEXA despite recently flagging there was strong interest from other parties in buying the property settlement platform. Link, together with Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Commonwealth ...

Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Ethisphere has released a list of the world's most ethical publicly traded companies, and has claimed that these companies outperformed a comparable index by 7.1% over the last five years. "Honorees integrate ethics and values with corporate strategy. ...

Public sector super satisfaction rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Public sector superannuation fund members have come out as the most satisfied across all sectors, according to new research. Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report revealed member satisfaction in public sector funds reached a high ...

First Sentier funds appoint new RE

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
First Sentier has shed its responsible entity relationship with Colonial First State, naming a new RE for 13 of its funds. Perpetual's Trust Company will act as the responsible entity for the 13 funds. The change comes after shareholder vote and retires ...

Wells Fargo sells asset management business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Wells Fargo has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners for US$2.1 billion, while also offloading four of its closed-end funds. The sale includes Wells Fargo Bank N.A.'s ...