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Pinnacle backs investment platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management has made a $3 million cornerstone investment in OpenInvest. Melbourne-based fintech OpenInvest said it will use the funding to increase staff numbers to continue the roll out of its investment administration technology ...

Lakehouse Capital co-founder to depart

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
After five years, the Sydney-based investment firm is bidding farewell to its chief investment officer and co-founder. Joe Magyer will return to the US in March 2022 after nine years in Australia in order to be closer to his family. He first came to ...

CFS fined $20m over super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
Colonial First State will pay $20 million for misleading members in its FirstChoice Fund. The fine follows the court's decision in September that CFS had misled members on almost 13,000 regarding investment decisions, possibly deterring them from ...

Suncorp names chief risk officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
Suncorp Group hired the former London-based IG Group chief commercial officer to take on its risk function. Bridget Messer is expected to commence as chief risk officer in Brisbane early next year after she relocates from the UK. Messer spent the last ...

Pension funds acquire forestry asset

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
Two European pension funds are set to purchase a 62% share in a timber producer in New Zealand. APG Asset Management on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, and the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have entered an agreement to purchase Sinotrans ...

Link hires RSS compliance head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
Link Group hired a senior superannuation specialist from ASIC to take on the role of global head of risk and compliance for its Retirement & Superannuation Solutions (RSS) division. Theresa Mills joined ASIC in 2016 as a director of its financial literacy ...

MLC Life refreshes income protection offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
MLC Life Insurance is offering a new range of income protection insurance products following research from customer, adviser and licensees. Income Assure and Income Assure+ will be available from October 1 and allows most clients to have the maximum ...

Accumulation bubble ending: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
The massive accumulation bubble that Australia has experienced for years is coming to a close with a shift to a deaccumulation bubble sparking the need for advice processes to change, according to CoreData. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers ...

Stephen Jones changes tack on risk advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) national conference, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Stephen Jones said his views on life insurance have been challenged. Jones said he has reflected on arguments ...

ASIC worried about finfluencers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
ASIC is concerned that Australians are turning to financial influencers for advice because professional financial advice is too expensive. New ASIC chair Joe Longo spoke at the Association of Financial Advisers' annual national conference. Longo said ...