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Bennelong secures first trustee mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... previously run the distribution integration at abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Asset Management) during its merger with Standard Life and served as chief operating officer at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Adviser number growth shoots?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... and advised insurance, Ramrakha said. He added that superannuation remains the primary source of insurance, and while total life insurance flows have remained relatively flat, risk inflows - which make up the majority of these flows - show no significant ...

Insight Investment names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... its chief investment officer in 2003. "It is still hard to imagine leaving a business that has been such a large part of my life for so long and I am exceptionally proud of what we have achieved over the last 20 years," Nauphal reflected. "Having been ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... revealed high-growth options also garnered "exceptional results", with annual returns reported as high as 15%. AMP's MySuper life stage 1970s option returned 15%, which has the highest funds under management among the other options in the stable ...

Morgans Financial crowned largest licensee

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
Morgans Financial has toppled AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) to become the licensee with the largest number of financial advisers. Morgans recorded 431 active advisers at the end of 2024, while AMP FP had 426. On December 20, both AFSLs had 430 registered ...

CC Capital Partners bids for Insignia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... same year, it floated its subsidiary CF Corporation on the NASDAQ. In 2017, CF Corporation and fixed indexed annuities and life insurance provider Fidelity & Guaranty Life merged. Insignia added that CC Capital's proposal is "subject to a number ...

Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... Justice Sweeney found victims made a net loss of $54 million while he benefited about $12 million. "As well as the loss of life savings and family homes, the harm went beyond financial losses to breakdowns of marriages and family relationships, emotional ...

Superhero Super assets to swell via fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Superhero Super's assets are about to double, as it prepares to merge with MYOB's Slate Super and Simple Choice Super. Members have now been informed that Slate Super and Simple Choice Super - both sub-plans of the Grosvenor Pirie Master Superannuation ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... Member Meeting, chief executive Peter Chun touched on how the fund was strengthening its operations following the outage. MLC Life and Resolution Life Australasia to merge (December 11) MLC Life Insurance and Resolution Life Australasia are set to merge ...

Grant Hackett named chief executive of Generation Development Group

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... Generation Development Group has appointed Grant Hackett as chief executive, while a new leader takes charge at Generation Life. Hackett, who will begin in his new role on 1 January 2025, has for the past five years served as Generation Life chief executive. ...