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Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Leaders at Aware Super, NGS Super, Rest and AMP have all pointed to slow moving systems as standing in the way of innovation while speaking at the AM Tech Day conference in Sydney. AMP group executive, platforms Edwina Maloney said traditional thinking ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... intending to "stop practices that lead to poor consumer outcomes and trust in the financial system." Subsequently, the corporate watchdog also introduced similar legislation to financial products in October 2021, opting to provide consumers greater control ...

Vanguard rejigs Ethically Conscious options

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... any tie" screen removed. The revenue threshold for oil and gas-related activities will also increase from 0% to 5%. Corporate issuers will be screened against new 5% revenue thresholds for oil sands extraction and Arctic oil and gas production-related ...

IAM mandate grows to $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... that will target investors wanting direct investments to replace their maturing listed hybrids. Last October, Perpetual Corporate Trust (PCT) was picked to be IAM's settlement, middle office and custody partner to take care of 2000 client accounts ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... matters," he said. "APRA rightly calls out that a board's role is to govern and should be focused on strategic and corporate cultural questions, setting that tone from the top. So, I think that will be welcome." The Australian Superannuation Fund ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... businesses, which led to the divestment of 10 businesses. Some of the biggest carve-outs from the review included BT's corporate and personal superannuation business, which merged with Mercer, and Westpac's asset management business, Advance ...

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... joined Perpetual five months ago as a separation specialist when Perpetual was about to divest its wealth management and corporate trust businesses to KKR. While the deal was nixed last month for tax reasons, Perpetual chief executive Bernard Reilly ...

Vanguard launches two new diversified ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... targets investors looking for regulator income with some capital growth potential, blending investment grade fixed income, corporate bonds, and high dividend yield equities. VDIF has exposure to over 12,000 securities, allocating 40% to defensive assets ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... potential appointments. Other proposed changes take aim at board independence - especially for entities nested within larger corporate groups - while imposing a 10-year limit for non-executive directors. This comes amid scrutiny of governance failings ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... away with capital letters was widely mocked. At one point, the derision was described by a senior abrdn executive as "corporate bullying." The rebrand was also ill-timed, coming as the asset manager battled several other issues related to performance ...