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Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... amongst other things. The average number of days to resolve a complaint lodged with AFCA was 132 days in the quarter ending March 31, which slightly improved to 119 days in the quarter ending June 30. However, both were higher than the super industry ...

Unemployment drops below 4%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... Taylor said. "Despite the fall, the participation rate was the same as a year ago, and 1.5 percentage points higher than March 2020." VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said the low unemployment may push back hopes for an interest ...

Con Michalakis jumps to Funds SA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... who has led the investment team for the last six months. Michalakis has served as Hostplus deputy investment chief since March 2022 following the merger between Hostplus and Statewide Superannuation. He was head of investments at Statewide Super for ...

Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... successor fund transfer. Any other Active Super products they're invested in will still transition to Vision Super on 1 March 2025. The Guaranteed Income product, launched in July 2016, was developed in partnership with Challenger and is already ...

GQG raises $145m for private markets fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... Capital Partners as seed investments from Pacific Current Group. GQG announced the launch of GQG Private Capital Solutions in March. At the time, it entered into an agreement with Pacific Current to acquire the boutiques for US$71.25 million. The new ...

Adviser exam pass rate improves

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... as to the areas of the exam in which they underperformed, ASIC said. The next exam, the 28 th sitting, will be held on 6 March 2025.

Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... Hostplus, to commence in February 2025. Hostplus deputy chief investment officer Con Michalakis, who assumed the role in March 2022 after the merger between Hostplus and Statewide Superannuation, is the appointee. Michalakis led investments at Statewide ...

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025. The new chief risk officer, Darryl Burke, was previously with Colonial First State in the same role. Burke will lead ART's risk and compliance ...

MLC trustees to pay $65m in MySuper class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... the rising cost of living." If the settlement is approved, members of the class action should start receiving payments in March 2025. NAB remains liable for the settlement despite NULIS Nominees and MLC Nominees now being owned by Insignia Financial. ...

Sally Auld to take on chief economist role at NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... chief economist after 32 years in the role, with Sally Auld set to replace him. Oster, who will finish at NAB at the end of March 2025, joined NAB in 1992 and built a respected economics function, the bank said. NAB group chief financial officer Nathan ...