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Liberal MPs slammed for 'dangerous' super policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
Superannuation industry groups are pushing back against a campaign led by NSW Liberal Senator Maria Kovacic seeking to allow single and divorced woman to access their superannuation early to purchase a property. Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

GSFM hires retail business head

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... Williams spent the last three years at Warakirri as the distribution director for APAC and head of private wealth. He previously led wholesale and retail distribution at UBS Asset Management and worked in senior roles at Lazard Asset Management and BlackRock. ...

Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... the year to September to just to 2.1%, down from 3.7% in August. Halmarick said HSI data suggested income tax cuts had not led to a material rise in consumer spending. "The spending slowdown in September was expected after an early Father's Day led to ...

European private equity strategy launches down under

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... for the region in May. Stovold was the director of sales at Legg Mason between March 2017 and February 2022 and after that led technology provider InvestCloud's Australia and New Zealand business. He was also at UBS Wealth Management and JBWere, where ...

FCX granted 'historic' market licence by ASIC, RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
FinClear subsidiary FCX, a platform for facilitating private market secondary transactions, has been granted a "first-of-its-kind" Australian Market Licence and Clearing Settlement Facility Licence by ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The ...

MFF Capital Investments to acquire Montaka Global Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... Annabelle Chaplain noted that in recent years Montaka Global's fund investments have focused successfully on long-term research led portfolios; an approach consistent with MFF's approach, including its longer-term goal of achieving satisfactory shareholder ...

Commonwealth Bank shakes up executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... president of Ford's Canadian and Mexican operations and general manager of its family vehicles portfolio. Prior to that, she led the company's people strategy across all business segments, supporting nearly 250,000 employees. Commonwealth Bank chief ...

Zurich launches new TPD option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... financial needs. "Advancements in modern medicine, paired with significant changes to the makeup of Australia's workforce, have led to almost 80% of Zurich TPD claims not requiring ongoing, continuous care," Zurich head of retail Jacqui Lennon said. ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... experience in infrastructure investing, mergers and acquisitions and asset governance, including at AustralianSuper, where she led its investment into WestConnex 2 and managed its holdings in Transurban Queensland and WestConnex. Before that, she worked ...

Mercer names investment solutions lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... manager, and also worked as an investment specialist for the firm's global equities and alternatives business. She earlier led her own consultancy, providing investment and portfolio construction advice to independent financial planning firms and ...