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Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Rice Warner has made several recommendations to the Your Future, Your Super package of reforms that the government and superannuation industry should not overlook. Under the new stapling measure, Rice Warner has two areas of concern. The first is that ...

Flexstone appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
The Natixis private markets boutique has appointed a head of ESG in a newly-created role. Caroline Gilbert will lead Flexstone's ESG strategy at portfolio and firm level. Gilbert's three objectives will be: to reach a target of 40% women in ...

MLC Life appoints executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
MLC Life has appointed a new chief life insurance officer, as Sean McCormack gets ready for a February 26 departure. The role is going to Michael Rogers, who has worked as QSuper's general manager for insurance while it set up its own insurer QInsure. ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Racial and ethnic inequity is a systemic risk that "threatens lives, companies, communities, and our economy", according to one of the largest global fund managers. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) president and chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala ...

Franklin Templeton promotes executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Franklin Templeton has promoted two of its key executives and announced the launch of a research hub. The US$1.5 trillion asset manager named Stephen Dover, currently Franklin Templeton Investments' head of equities, as the market strategist and ...

ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
The corporate regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Halifax Investment Services nearly two years after it was placed into administration. The cancellation took effect from 8 January 2021 and allows the licence to operate ...

AMP adviser numbers shrivel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
The number of financial advisers licensed by AMP dropped dramatically in 2020, with the institution no longer the largest AFSL in the country by number of advisers. The largest AFSL is now the SMSF Adviser Network which had 839 advisers as at 31 December ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
Australian banks have taken the inauspicious title of second most fined in the world for 2020, according to new data. The research from Finbold found that US banks had to pay the most in fines of anywhere in the world - with 12 fines against US banks ...

HESTA hires from Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
The $56 billion superannuation fund has hired Frontier's head of alternatives and derivatives. Michael Sommers has been appointed HESTA's general manager portfolio construction and risk and will join its investment leadership structure. Sommers ...

AMG Super rebrands divisions to cut costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
The $1.4 billion Brisbane retail superannuation fund will drop individual branding of two funds it acquired in 2018, as it aims to reduce expenses over next three years. AMG Super, which is partly owned by DDH Graham, has so far run the $140 million ...