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Super funds lobby for super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... a superannuation tax offset to prevent low-income workers from being penalised. The group of funds, which include Aware Super, Cbus, HESTA, and AustralianSuper, together with Women In Super, say that by making the changes, it will end one of the gendered ...

Challenger Life books record annuity sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... will be insured by Challenger. On July 31, Challenger kicked off its defined benefit (DB) de-risking partnership with Aware Super. Challenger will help de-risk the liabilities associated with $619 million worth of lifetime annuities in the first quarter ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will finance Household Capital, a reverse mortgage lender, to address the retirement funding and housing needs of senior Australians. PEP is investing in a financing layer of Household Capital's funding structure, alongside ...

Multiple moves in Aware investments team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
While adding a new head of portfolio management and chief operating officer for investments, Aware Super has lost one of its key portfolio managers to an asset consultant. Evidentia Group has appointed Jo Cornwell as head of manager research and a member ...

Aware Super hires business development lead

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... Group as its head of corporate super and spent over two years at MLC as its head of product in the super division. Aware Super's group executive, member growth Steve Travis said the appointment will accelerate the fund's strategies in the intermediated ...

New chief executive for retail super fund, platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... a senior business development manager before becoming the distribution lead. Before that, he was a financial planner at Aware Investment Management Group. He takes over from Alan Hegerty who, before joining Acclaim Wealth, worked at BMO Global Asset ...

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... what was effectively a co-design approach." Back-office staff were also engaged in the CFS Edge design process. "We're very aware that it's quite often the support staff and the back-office staff who spend as much, if not more time, on the platform ...

Aware Super details new term deposit option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
Aware Super members with at least $15,000 in their account can now invest their super directly in term deposits, locking in rates currently as high as 5.25%. In April, Financial Standard flagged Aware Super was introducing a term deposit investment ...

Insignia Financial plans advice business transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... expressed a keen desire for operational independence and management ownership. In fact, it was something Insignia was made aware of prior to the MLC acquisition going ahead. "... we've facilitated that as best we can. I think it's evidence of ...

Aware Super, Challenger partner for DB solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Challenger will provide Aware Super with a $619 million group lifetime annuity policy to de-risk some of its lifetime pension liabilities. Challenger was selected by the fund, saying it is well placed to meet the needs of Aware Super's defined benefit ...