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NGS Super finds new administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
NGS Super has selected a new administrator to replace Mercer, which has been providing its services for 14 years. Following a review of the $14 billion super fund's administration operating model in February 2023, NGS Super chose G​ROW Inc ​(GROW)​​ ...

Adviser numbers stable at 15,650

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
The financial advice industry started the new year with 15,650 advisers, holding relatively steady compared to this time last year. Rainmaker Information's tally of qualified professionals has decreased 1% year on year - a net loss of 214 advisers. ...

FEAL board welcomes Ian Patrick

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
Australian Retirement Trust chief investment officer Ian Patrick will replace Paul Watson on the board following the latter's resignation from Hostplus as group executive of member experience. Welcoming Patrick to the board, The Fund Executives ...

Industry funds gear up for brand transformation post-merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
Mine Super and TWUSUPER, expected to finalise their merger by mid-2024, will unite under a new name - Team Super. Mine Super chair Christina Langby and TWUSUPER chair Nick Sherry said the name Team Super not only honours the combined industry heritage ...

EQT operations, finance chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... support an effective transition, Schwartz said. The ASX-listed firm recently said that it made "good commercial sense" to merge its superannuation and corporate trustee services divisions to create a $150 billion business. All decision-making for each ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... Independence Plan Division Two which, like the Panorama options, did not transfer to Mercer. 3) Retail super funds plan to merge (July 26) In July, Colonial First State's Avanteos Investments made the decision to close encircle Super and transfer ...

Australian Retirement Trust selects chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has named chief executive Bernard Reilly's successor, assuming the top job in March 2024. David Anderson will take over as chief executive of ART next year, following 25 years at Mercer both in Australia and abroad. ...

Advisers, accountants ramp up partnerships

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
Putting an old rivalry behind, financial advice practices are increasingly joining forces with accounting firms as the former seeks to meet clients' demand for holistic advice that includes taxation. Over the next decade, Radar Results predicts ...

Internal teams to manage 43% of super FUM by 2043: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
While just 17% of APRA-regulated superannuation fund under management is currently overseen by internal investment teams, it's estimated this will balloon to almost half the total FUM come 2043. Presently, about 23% of not-for-profit (NFP) super funds' ...

MLC Life names general manager, remediation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
MLC Life has hired the man who led Commonwealth Bank's recent $1 billion remediation program to the role of general manager, remediation programs. Ian Fletcher, currently general manager of program strategy, customer remediation at Commonwealth Bank ...