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FPA announces 2020 award winners

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
An adviser from Western Australia has won the FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the year award, as the association announces its 2020 award winners. Zacary Leeson of HPH Solutions took home the award as an acknowledgment to positive impact ...

EQT wins endowment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
Equity Trustees has won a mandate to manage half the investment portfolio of an endowment fund that supports vulnerable children and families in Australia. The $18 million OzChild endowment fund is committed to improving the lives of at-risk children ...

Pinnacle boutique wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
An industry fund has awarded $170 million to an emerging markets strategy from Pinnacle's latest boutique partner. Aikya Investment Management will manage the amount in its global emerging markets strategy for legalsuper, which has been revising ...

AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
The Australian Financial Complains Authority (AFCA) is placing a higher emphasis on member experience following an increase in its membership base, two years on from its launch. In its first two years, AFCA's membership has grown to 40,000 members across ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
Online retailer Kogan, which has recently expanded into superannuation, has faced shareholder revolt over the bonuses it wants to pay its executives. Kogan was one of the few businesses to relatively benefit from COVID-19, thanks to an uptick in online ...

FEAL executive of the year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... outstanding leadership of UniSuper and his contribution to the industry over many decades makes him the perfect recipient for this award," FEAL chair Jane Perry said. "His passion for digital innovation in particular has helped UniSuper's members become ...

Industry fund names new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has ended its longstanding relationship with OnePath, naming a new group insurer to take over in the New Year. The $9 billion industry fund said it undertook a comprehensive review and tender process ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its prestigious biannual Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Jacob McCudden from Back to Back Financial Planners, an advice business based in the regional town of Young in New South ...

Crennan nabs new gig

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Former ASIC deputy chair Daniel Crennan has a new role with an advisory firm and boutique investment bank, which was named in an ASIC report in 2019. Crennan resigned from the corporate regulator just two weeks ago, following revelations that he was ...

State Super scholarship opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
State Super's post-graduate scholarship program is open for students in New South Wales interested in studying superannuation. The Academic Scholarship program offers four $16,000 scholarships available for masters and honours students. There is also ...