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Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... building and broadening ASI's relationships with institutional investors in Australia and across the Tasman, with superannuation funds and insurers atop his list. Sharma reports to ASI head of distribution Asia Pacific Andrew Hendry, and the firm's local ...

AMP hangs on to AFLPA mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
AMP will continue to manage superannuation for over 3500 past and present AFL players as the association extends its mandate. AFL Players' Association (AFLPA) has extended its 20-year-long relationship with AMP after a review following which the association ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Australians have withdrawn $1.3 billion of superannuation in just the first week of new early release rules to help those suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19. Funds have paid a total of 162,879 early release applications so far out ...

Super funds release $1.3bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... been paid to members in the first week of the scheme. Under APRA's Early Release Initiative (ERI) data collection, superannuation trustees were asked to submit data on a weekly basis covering the number and value of early release benefits paid to members ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Westpac has determined several of its business units lack sufficient scale, including superannuation and investments, and is set to launch a review aimed at simplifying the group. Announcing results today, Westpac said it is establishing a new specialist ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... to reverse out of cash. As of Wednesday, Cbus had received 45,700 applications from its members to access their superannuation early as permitted by government's COVID response legislation. It has totaled $384.8 million so far, which Fok said is ...

Advice group research head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... head of research at a major financial advice group has jumped ship, and is set to head up investments in AMP's superannuation trustee office. Miriam Herold is leaving Centrepoint Alliance, as the advice group's research leadership is re-shuffled ...

Industry fund adds to executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
An industry superannuation fund managing more than $10 billion has filled two c-suite roles vacated earlier this year. Statewide Super has appointed Deloitte risk advisory director Jason Muir as chief risk officer, and EY director Simone Dyda as chief ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
PEXA's founding chief executive is understood to be advising Teddy Wasserman, as he readies a new group structure for Sargon's operating businesses. Marcus Price was the chief executive of Property Exchange Australia from 2010 to October last ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... credit market relative value particularly as more certainty is gained around member flows and early release of superannuation." Frontier's clients usually allocate 5% of their assets to high yield bonds, he said. "Frontier has upgraded its outlook ...