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APRA proposes updated operational risk financial requirements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed changes to operational risk financial requirements for registrable superannuation entities (RSE) licensees. The prudential regulators adjustments are designed to bolster the ability ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... that from December 2008 to June 2019, Rest automatically enrolled new members in income protection insurance without their active consent. It also claims that when members didn't make any contribution to their Rest account for 13 continuous months ...

Bell Asset Management looks to exit RE services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... remain as the investment manager of the funds, and this is where it intends to focus its efforts, "on the core activity of active management of its global equity investment portfolios", it said. The company said it believes it is in the best interests ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... which she said remains a key focus for ASIC in 2024, Court said With proceedings underway against Mercer Super and Active Super, trustees will be aware that we will use every lever legislation affords us to eliminate this practice, and we will continue ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... refugees. ART, AustralianSuper, Hostplus, and Cbus were the first of many to pledge full divestment of Russian assets. Active Super, on the other hand, landed in hot water last year for greenwashing claims, allegedly telling members it divested its Russian ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
IFM Investors has reached an agreement to divest its stake in construction payment software business Payapps, previously known as Zuuse, to Autodesk. Since 2020, IFM's private equity funds has held a significant minority share of Payapps, with an initial ...

Aware Super appoints head of public market equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... equity portfolio management at Charles Schwab, and portfolio manager for global institutional index equities and quant active equities at BlackRock. She most recently held the position of chief investment officer and head of advisory services at Vestmark ...

Super fund satisfaction improves: Roy Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... AustralianSuper taking over LUCRF, HESTA merging with Mercy Super, UniSuper taking over Australian Catholic Super, Active Super merging with Vision Super, Hostplus merging with Statewide, Sunsuper and QSuper formalising their merger to become Australian ...

Generation Development Group nears $3bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... potentially match or exceed our annual sales record. "We feel confident that this is achievable with the solid increase in active financial advisers utilising our products over the past six to nine months."

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... superannuation Ross Piper. In an interview with Financial Standard, Piper, who joined Australian Ethical from Christian Super following the merger between the two super funds in December 2022, said scaling the business enabled "meaningful investment" ...