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AMP nabs Mercer wealth manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... superannuation business, The superannuation specialist remained at Advance following the merger of St.George Bank and Westpac in December 2008, where Advance became part of the BT Financial Group. Allmey joined Advance in June 2002 as senior business ...

Dexus terminates Core Property Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... investment objective. As a result, the fund is being wound up, with investors to receive an interim distribution on or around December 20 and a final distribution as soon as practical thereafter. Dexus said the decision was carefully considered and made ...

Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... administration and trusteeship services for the products at no additional cost, Active Super said. The transfer is effective December 14, after which date regular income payments will be received by members from Challenger. The Vision Super merger is ...

Settlement reached in Caddick class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... result from a Ponzi scheme, and it's a credit to the receivers and liquidators of Maliver and Ms Caddick," he said. In December 2023, Chapman told Financial Standard that the SMSF auditors failed in their duties, and if they had not failed his clients ...

South Australian financial adviser slapped with seven-year ban

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... over the years, including Financial Wisdom for five months in 2011, Professional Investment Services for the year to December 2012, Custom Wealth Solutions Dealer Services for three months, AMP Financial Planning for six months in 2014, and then Brougham ...

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

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... that attracted higher fees and commissions to financial advisers that would have been banned in a MySuper option. In December 2020, the Supreme Court of Victoria ruled the case invalid saying prospective losses are not considered a loss under s 55(3) ...

NEOS updates medical definitions, labels

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... products that includes updated medical definitions and naming conventions, affecting new and existing customers. From December 6, new and current NEOS Protection policyholders will see changes to critical illness and medical definitions. One example ...

GESB renews administration mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... Western Australian government first outsourced the management of its super admin services. The new agreement was effective December 1. GESB chief executive Ben Palmer said: "At GESB, our focus remains steadfastly on helping our members achieve a quality ...

HMC Capital makes $950m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... deferred settlement terms, with $750 million due on financial close in July 2025, and the remaining $200 million payable in December 2025. "Our move into the energy transition sector reflects the significant level of investment required both in Australia ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... latest forecasts from the November Statement of Monetary Policy suggest an expectation that growth will pick up to 1.5% by December 2024 before climbing to 2.3% by June 2025," he said. "However, today's data shows the growth trajectory diverging ...