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Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... the Australian Investment Council (AIC) referred to Morrison's victory as "revenge of the Howard battlers" and said the Prime Minister's campaign "exploited middle Australia's fears about Labor's big taxing and far-reaching reform agenda." "Electoral ...

Investec closes robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... that this announcement will be of real sadness to both clients and staff of Investec Click & Invest," Investec said. "Our prime concerns from this point are to minimise disruption for clients and ensure that employees are treated with respect and fairness." ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
I believe in miracles Where you from You sexy thing, sexy thing you Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was delivered a miracle when the Liberal/National Coalition won the Australian Federal election - and look set to form a majority government ...

ANZ changes advice model, cuts Prime Access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... announced it will change the way it provides ongoing financial advice to customers via ANZ Financial Planning. As of today, the Prime Access financial advice service will no longer be offered to new customers and will be phased out for existing customers ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... At a summit in Paris attended by major tech companies and governments, the Christchurch Call was launched by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron. The Christchurch Call outlines voluntary commitments that governments ...

AustralianSuper adds board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
The $150 billion AustralianSuper has appointed a former principal adviser to the Prime Minister as an independent director to its board. Don Russell is joining AustralianSuper's 12-person board which includes one other independent director, five ...

Industry funds dominate AAA quality list

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... SelectingSuper AAA Quality rating. Some of the super fund providers that earned the ratings are: Hostplus, LUCRF Super, Prime Super, REI Super, TWUSUPER, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, MLC Super Fund and ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation ...

CountPlus acquires stake in advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
CountPlus has acquired a stake in a financial advice firm as Prime Financial Group offloads its minority interest. CountPlus acquired a 20% interest in Rundles Financial Planning, as well as a 40% stake in accounting firm Rundles Prime. Total consideration ...

Former super fund investment lead joins consultancy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... industry, including the SelectingSuper 'Industry Service Award' in 2017. He is currently a non-executive director of Prime Super, La Trobe Financial and the CBHS Health Fund, and volunteers on various committees of the Association of Superannuation ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... hinted at a new enforcement approach. The statement was set to be delivered before the Senate last night, however after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called a May 18 Federal Election yesterday morning, Byres' appearance could no longer go ahead. ...