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AustralianSuper calls for an 'account for life'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
AustralianSuper has urged for an 'account for life' superannuation reform to Treasury, in a bid to deliver a visionary retirement system. The super fund also advocated for the automation of Age Pension applications, a move that would enable an integration ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... to prevent the commission of genocide to Gaza" and "take immediate and effective measures to address adverse conditions to life in the Gaza Strip". Defence stocks tend to rally at the onset of a war. Since Russia's invasion, share prices of Thales ...

Equity Trustees adds more super fund clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... more retail super funds. Equity Trustees' superannuation trustee business has been appointed trustee of ClearView Retirement Plan, while also adding Guild Super to its lineup of funds following the acquisition of Guild by Future Group. The Clearview ...

Netwealth records $78bn FUA, flags departure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... delivered should continue to reduce outflows which we believe were largely driven by adverse market conditions." According to Plan for Life data, Netwealth is the sixth-largest platform by FUA market share, as at September 2023.

MSC Trustees acquires Certane Corporate Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... agency services to asset managers and financial product issuers. The purchase price was not disclosed. Certane had a previous life as Sargon Capital, led by chief executive Phillip Kingston. In 2018, Sargon ramped up its acquisition and expansion strategy ...

Pension Protection Fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... than 30 years' experience in pension investments, including roles at Railpen Investments, BCI, Manulife Investments, and Sun Life. She will commence in the new role on April 1, based in London. In the interim, chief people officer Katherine Easter will ...

Adviser numbers stable at 15,650

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
The financial advice industry started the new year with 15,650 advisers, holding relatively steady compared to this time last year. Rainmaker Information's tally of qualified professionals has decreased 1% year on year - a net loss of 214 advisers. ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... Super. It followed the second annual Your Future, Your Super performance test in which Retirement Wrap's Westpac Group Plan MySuper failed for the first time and BT Super MySuper failed for the second time. All members in Retirement Wrap were transferred ...

ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Life insurers are underhandedly hiking premiums in a way that is misleading and fails to explain why they are rising, according to APRA and ASIC, warning that they will take regulatory action if practices do not improve. The regulators have reprimanded ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... started her operation in 2012 to 2020 when she disappeared. One client in Mackay Chapman's lawsuit, who was retired, saw life savings disappear thanks to Caddick, who operated Maliver without an AFSL and used another company's licence without ...