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Super fund adds industry veteran

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
An $8 billion government superannuation fund has welcomed the former country head of Franklin Templeton to its board of directors. Maria Wilton has joined the board of the Australia Post Superannuation Scheme, effective October. At the same time, Jim ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
Rainmaker analysis of ASIC Financial Adviser Register data has revealed hundreds of movements across advice dealer groups in just the last three months. From July to October end, Commonwealth Financial Planning lost over 100 advisers, going from 568 ...

Wealth income halved, Hartzer skips $1.6m bonus

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer relinquished a $1.6 million cash bonus for the year, as income for the group's wealth management business fell significantly. Releasing its annual report and full year results to the market this morning, Westpac  ...

HESTA strengthens financial advice team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
A $53 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a new general manager of financial planning. Chris Joiner will join HESTA in the role from Industry Fund Services where he was the executive manager of advice solution, a role he held since 2016. ...

VanEck launches new fixed income ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
VanEck will tomorrow list a new fixed income ETF that capitalises on APRA's expanded capital requirements for big banks, to deliver investors yield north of 2%. The VanEck Vectors Australian Subordinated Debt ETF (ASX: SUBD) will hold a portfolio of ...

ASIC wins appeal against Westpac companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
In a fresh blow to Westpac, the Federal Court this morning delivered the corporate regulator a win in its appeal against a previous ruling on Westpac's telephone campaigns. The full court this morning said ASIC's appeal will be allowed with ...

Westpac takes $1 billion profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
Westpac's customer compensation bill has added $341 million in the second half of 2019, bringing the remediation total to $958 million for the year. Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer said: ""A key priority in 2019 has been to deal with outstanding ...

CommInsure eyes deferred lifetime annuities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... Challenger has an 88% market share on annuities, followed by CommInsure ( $458 million in sales for year ending March) and Westpac ($3.8 million in sales).

Poor market conditions weigh on Perpetual, Pendal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
Perpetual has reported a $1.1 billion decrease in funds under management for the first quarter of 2020, while Pendal suffered a $900 million drop in FUM for the quarter ended September 30. Tough market conditions for Australian equities were blamed ...

Morgans snaps up CommSec Advisory business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Morgans has acquired CommSec Advisory for an undisclosed sum, after winning a tender conducted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. There are about 18 financial advisers in the team who collectively manage around $4 billion on behalf of clients. Both ...