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Synchron appoints Queensland manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Dealer group Synchron has a new state manager for Queensland. Ben Donohue steps into the role, joining from Challenger where he was a business development manager. "Ben began working in financial services in 2005 and was most recently a business development ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
A Sydney private debt manager will acquire a portion of South African Investec's local debt portfolio, as the latter exits Australia. Metrics Credit Partners has reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance ...

PYSP reunites $4.3bn of lost super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Protecting Your Super Package legislation which asked super funds to hand over inactive accounts to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has returned $4.3 billion to members in about 17 months. Between 1 November 2019 and 28 February 2021, nearly ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
After six months as head of private wealth, north at Westpac, Phil Waugh has taken on an executive role at NAB. Waugh has been appointed as executive, broker distribution at NAB and will report to executive, home ownership Andy Kerr. Waugh spent four ...

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
The new best financial interests duty (BFID) could see members pay higher administration fees as the record-keeping obligations ramp up, superannuation funds and industry experts warn. The reforms, which are part of the Your Future Your Super legislation ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger will go ahead

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Sunsuper and QSuper will merge later this year, with the two funds naming the key executives and board directors to lead the $200 billion entity. The two funds have signed a Heads of Agreement to merge by September this year, a decision that is supported ...

AMP announces new managed portfolio partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The wealth manager has partnered with Mercer and a Queensland-based advice firm to deliver five tailored portfolios for the firm's clients. The portfolios have been tailored to the investment needs of Coral Coast's client base and are delivered through ...

Remediation services profiting from Royal Commission failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Services are popping up to assist consumers in getting refunds for fee for no service financial advice, junk insurance and other misconduct exposed by the Royal Commission - but they are doing it for a fee. Remediator is one such service, launching ...

Women boost SMSF balances

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The average SMSF member balance for women has increased more than it has for men over a five-year period to the 2018/19 financial year, new data shows. The Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) annual statistical overview on SMSFs showed the average female ...

Funds announce chief ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
With LGIAsuper and Energy Super to merge, the funds' boards have agreed on who will be chief executive. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar will lead the merged funds from 1 July 2021. The merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super will see the funds ...