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ART executive takes lead super role at Insignia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
After announcing his departure from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) yesterday, Dave Woodall has been named chief executive of superannuation at Insignia Financial. Earlier this month, Insignia Financial announced an overhaul of its leadership team. ...

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
Treasury has released a draft of the intended reforms to Australian merger and acquisitions (M&A) processes. The reforms were flagged by the government back in April, in which it said the new rules would promote competition, protect consumers, and provide ...

Remediation professionals told to temper expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Remediation projects winding up at major firms has created a lot of competition in the job market for wealth compliance and risk candidates, according to a recent Kaizen Recruitment report. The past financial year has seen considerable changes in the ...

Perpetual net outflows top nearly $9bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Perpetual's asset management business failed to stem outflows before the financial year end, which saw $8.9 billion of investor money exit its six boutiques. Former investors of Pendal Asset Management drove the exodus, walking away with a whopping ...

Advisers shun major institutions, 500 exit: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Financial advisers continue to ditch major institutions as more than 500 left in the year to June, Rainmaker analysis shows. Major institutions lost 8.8% of their advisers, with 513 exiting over the 12 months to end up with 5361 at the end of the period. ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
AustralianSuper and HESTA have taken a majority stake in a new housing company that seeks to provide institutional investors stable, long-term returns through large-scale housing investments across Australia. The new company, backed by the industry ...

Perpetual global head of distribution exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
Perpetual has streamlined its distribution team, in a move that sees the departure of three senior executives including the global heads of distribution and product. The asset manager confirmed Adam Quaife and Matthew Cahill have left their roles as ...

Mercer Super chalks up 11.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
Mercer Super's SmartPath, its default lifecycle investment option, has delivered returns ranging from 11.2% and 11.7% for the last financial year. Mercer's acting chief investment officer for the Pacific region Sue Wang said the results were an excellent ...

Brighter Super posts 9.07% returns for its default option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
Brighter Super announced double-digit returns in its Balanced and Growth accumulation options and 9.07% for its default MySuper option. The Balanced accumulation option returned 10.57% and the Growth accumulation option delivered 11.91%, for the year ...

Fidante divests Merlon stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Fidante Partners has offloaded its interest in Merlon Capital Partners to the latter's principals and investment team. The divestment of Fidante's minority interest took effect on July 12, with Merlon alerting investors that the multi-boutique arrangement ...