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HESTA awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... Ed Chung added: "There are many organisations, in the financial services sector especially, for whom the application of modern, natively-integrated SaaS based technologies can offer increase productivity, improve resilience and deliver stronger cybersecurity." ...

Vanguard appoints fund administrator

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Vanguard has appointed a fund administrator for its wholesale funds in Australia which hold an estimated $98.5 billion in assets. Vanguard has taken the function from in-house to external provider. Link Group was appointed to provide fund administration ...

Retirees freed from legacy products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... the tax and social security barriers which have prevented millions of Australians from moving from older products to more modern ones," Loane said.

Standard Life Aberdeen rebrands to Abrdn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Standard Life Aberdeen is changing its name to Abrdn in a bid to revamp the company with a modern edge. Standard Life Aberdeen plc will become Abrdn plc, the firm announced overnight. Abrdn, which is still pronounced "Aberdeen", reflects a modern brand ...

Queensland bans Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... now giving them skills to help manage their money responsibly while being cybersafe and avoiding the potential pitfalls modern technology can bring," she said. Bendigo Bank also operated a school-banking program in Queensland but withdrew its program ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The government has moved forward with the Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program with a singular registry platform, eliminating seven registry interactions. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for ...

Aware Super, Macquarie to acquire Vocus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... consolidation opportunities and Retail returning to growth in its consumer business. "Fibre is the critical infrastructure of the modern economy, and this arrangement endorses our view that Vocus' secure, Australian-operated fibre network is key to our ...

Hume slams superannuation circus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Senator Jane Hume has slammed the spectacle within the superannuation sector and the conflicting views from executives and industry bodies, which she says is the most "frustrating" part of her job. The Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services ...

AMP Capital to bring cars to shopping centre

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
AMP Capital has secured a lease with a national automotive dealership to establish an AutoMall in a Queensland shopping centre. On behalf of investors in the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre in Brisbane's inner-west, AMP Capital said the deal with Eagers ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... According to the website currentmarketvaluation.com : "The current S&P500 10-year P/E Ratio is 33.91. This is 71% above the modern-era market average of 19.6, putting the current P/E over 1 standard deviation above the modern-era average. This indicates ...