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Capital Group promotes for key distribution role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Australia and New Zealand. Before joining Capital Group, Brown spent nine years at Perpetual, four of which he served as general manager of adviser distribution. He also worked in business development at Macquarie. In the new role, he will develop the ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial advisers will need to improve public awareness to win over millions of Australians, many of whom still don't know what an adviser does or how they add value, according to an intelliflo whitepaper. The emphasis to articulate what a professional ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

SMSFs outperform APRA funds over five years: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
New research shows that self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) outperformed APRA-regulated funds by 1.2 percentage points per annum in the five years to June 2023. According to research from the University of Adelaide's International Centre for ...

Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... down how the ban would be regulated. It's already proposed ASIC would oversee enforcement as it is responsible for the general administration of the Insurance Contracts Act, however the consultation is looking to establish how this would interact with ...

EQT awarded two new mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... strength of collaboration between innovative asset managers and experienced responsible entities and custodians," EQT general executive manager of corporate and superannuation Andrew Godfrey said. "We are proud to support MA Financial in bringing this ...

MLC Life names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... September 2024 when Jane McGovern was appointed chief customer and strategy officer. She first joined MLC Life in 2024 as general manager, risk. She has previously been at icare NSW for just over two years, first as general manager of strategic delivery ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... can significantly improve their financial position." Around 47% of HESTA members retired involuntarily, higher than the general population. Approximately 42% of members provide unpaid care - for their children or loved ones. HESTA modelling found unpaid ...

Moonfare launches in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... while family offices and those able to invest at larger scale can invest directly in select companies alongside leading general partners (GPs)," he said. The platform has an investment community of 71,000 that include family offices. Including Australia ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... to execute its merger with Resolution Life Australasia to create the country's third-largest life insurer. As the general manager of integration, Peter Moutsatsos will lead a dedicated team focused on bringing these two organisations together and ...