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Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Superannuation Fund (VISSF), which would add a further $855 million. Cbus and Media Super also announced they are working on a merger plan to become a $60 billion fund while Maritime Super and Hostplus announced an asset pooling partnership that will ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
More than half of superannuation members surveyed by MLC reveal they are taking their retirement savings more seriously and are watching the stock markets more closely than ever. About 53% of the 1004 participants that took part in the survey said they ...

Midwinter hires chief commercial officer from AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Bravura Solutions' advice technology division has hired a new chief commercial officer from AMP and announced that its chief operating officer has exited. Steve Davison joins Midwinter as chief commercial officer, finishing up at AMP after almost ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... investments divisions (including BT). "We are strengthening our focus on costs and today have announced a three-year cost reset plan to set us up for being a more streamlined, simpler organisation with a stronger digital focus and smaller head office," ...

Labor won't support YFYS Bill in current form

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Labor senators' dissenting report on Your Future, Your Super reforms published yesterday says the opposition can't recommend the Bill passes in its current form for reasons including its rushed start date. Senate Economics Legislation released ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
AMP chair Deborah Hazelton has dodged heavy-hitting questions from shareholders who demanded transparency on the firm's failure to reign in chaotic leadership changes and why they are the last to know about significant announcements. Shareholders ...

Midwinter integrates with myprosperity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Midwinter Financial Services has integrated with client portal solution provider myprosperity. Financial advisers using Midwinter's financial planning solution AdviceOS can now log into myprosperity and extract data such as personal details, entities ...

Grant Thornton sells private wealth division

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Grant Thornton Australia has sold its private wealth business to its senior team members. The small private wealth team consists of Jon Black, Joanne Kenderes and Laura Perresini. They are the majority owners of Oreana Private, aligned with dealer group ...

AIA Australia partners with Your Wills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
AIA Australia has joined forces with a digital estate planning and asset protection service Your Wills. AIA customers can access the service later in the year, creating their Wills online in nine steps. AIA Australia chief executive and managing director ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... "hard to get" declined from 18.5% to 13.2%". And there's US president Joe Biden's US$1.8 trillion American Families Plan and, although still in the works, his broader US$4 trillion plus (including US$2.25 trillion in infrastructure spending). ...