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New laws to end unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
... part of the government's Protecting Worker Entitlements Bill. Currently, Australian workers lacking coverage under modern awards or enterprise agreements are vulnerable to exploitation if their employer fails to make the required superannuation contributions. ...

Industry fund bags consecutive customer experience award

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
A $25 billion industry super fund has claimed consecutive top customer experience awards from Customer Service Benchmarking Australia (CSBA). Spirit Super ranked first again in CSBA's SenseCX benchmarking report, which evaluates ease, sentiment ...

NEOS named Life Company of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
NEOS Life has taken home the top prize at the Association of Financial Advisers' Life Company of the Year awards, with TAL and MetLife named runners up. The win for NEOS Life marks the first time in five years that the top gong hasn't gone to TAL. Alongside ...

Hearts & Minds appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... with Perpetual, Platinum Asset Management, and Schroders. He also currently serves as chair of the Australian Fund Manager Awards Foundation and chair of Surf Aid International. In joining, Lanchester replaces Rory Lucas who has decided to pursue other ...

First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
First Super has appointed IFM Investors to manage a new indexed international equities strategy with a focus on governance and labour rights. The new strategy is designed to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of global (ex-Australia) publicly ...

Yarra Capital awards admin, custody mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Apex Group has been appointed by Yarra Capital Management to support its new $100 million private capital fund. The Yarra Private Capital Discovery Fund, launched in October last year, is a diversified portfolio of holdings in high growth potential ...

MAX Awards 2023: Nominations open

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
Nominations are open for the annual Financial Standard MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards. Now in their 29th year, the Financial Standard MAX Awards recognise the individuals, teams and organisations that are at the top of their ...

Winners are grinners: FPA awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) announced the winners of the 2022 FPA Awards and the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award at the FPA Professionals Congress in Sydney yesterday. Now in its 10th year, the FPA Awards recognise individuals ...

Insurance, retirement product excellence recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... TAL, Generation Life, MLC Life and Challenger were among the winners at last night's annual Plan For Life Excellence Awards in Sydney. Now in their ninth year, the awards aim to celebrate achievements in product design and innovation across life ...

GQG Partners awards RE mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
GQG Partners has appointed Equity Trustees as the responsible entity (RE) for its new dividend income fund. The Global Quality Dividend Income Fund aims to provide a rate of return exceeding the MSCI ACWI High Dividend Yield ex Tobacco AUD Index. It ...