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CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) made its first payments to four victims totalling more than $360,000, three of which related to bad financial advice. One payout of about $145,000 related to inappropriate personal financial advice provided ...

ASFA partners with First Nations Foundation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has announced a new learning partnership with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to deliver cultural competency training for members. This new partnership will give ASFA members access to FNF's culture ...

Macquarie AM bags top manager gong

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
Macquarie Asset Management has taken out the top prize at this year's Investment Leadership Awards. This is the fifth time that Macquarie AM has taken home the Investment Manager of the Year Award since 2018, which was awarded at Financial Standard's ...

Future Fund, QIC finalise new deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... the Queensland government in developing a feasibility study for the Gympie Road Bypass Tunnel. "This is the Future Fund's first direct investment in an Australian toll road and is in line with our strategy to seek more Australian dollar exposures," Future ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
More than a year on from a Treasury consultation on giving victims of child sexual abuse access to their abuser's superannuation for compensation purposes, little headway has been made. At the same time, experts say the government's proposals ...

Super Members Council appoints inaugural chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) will soon welcome Ann Sherry as its first chair. Sherry will replace Nicola Roxon who has served in the role in an acting capacity since the lobby group's launch. Roxon will revert to a board director position. Sherry ...

MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... TPD benefit payable is restricted to half of the cover amounts until one year after MIESF receives an eligible member's first Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contribution; weekly cost remains unchanged. MIESF said it aims to provide eligible members with ...

Vision Super chair departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Super's chair for almost three years, has stepped down to become a Senator for Victoria. Darmanin was the fund's first female chair, having held the role since July 2021. She replaced Geoff Lake, under whom she served as deputy chair since March ...

BT Panorama launches first-of-its-kind private market managed account

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
BT has launched the Drummond Private Markets Separately Managed Account (SMA) on the BT Panorama platform, offering high-net-worth (HNW) clients access to a portfolio of private equity, private debt, and real assets. BT head of managed accounts Zac ...

GQG completes acquisition of three boutiques

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... acquisitions represent the foundational investment for the recently launched GQG Private Capital Solutions and marks GQG's first foray into private markets. Pacific Current Group will focus on providing a broad range of financing and strategic solutions ...