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AET divestment drives Insignia profit gain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... a significant increase on the prior corresponding period. It was largely the result of offloading Australian Executor Trustees, it said. Its underlying NPAT was $94.4 million, down 17.1% year on year. "It's pleasing to see us continue to make strong ...

Equity Trustees records solid 1H23 result

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Equity Trustees investors will receive an interim dividend of 49c a share after it reported a 12% increase in revenues for the first half, helped along by the acquisition of Australian Executor Trustees. EQT recorded $62.8 million in revenues, up 12.3% ...

Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... advice services - including superannuation advice - is not. Earlier this month, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) called on the government to extend the new anti-hawking laws to include financial advice firms using third parties ...

TrustQuay, Viewpoint merge to accelerate change

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... will continue to greatly benefit the operations, productivity and efficiency of our clients." Just last year, Equity Trustees partnered with TrustQuay to centralise its Trustee and Wealth Services business and digitise the end client experience.

CountPlus appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
CountPlus has appointed a new chief risk officer from Australian Executor Trustees (AET). CountPlus appointed Lisa Chambers, with the company saying she brings significant commercial risk expertise and a strategic mindset. Previously a general manager ...

Equity Trustees names super head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
Equity Trustees has appointed Andrew Godfrey as executive general manager of its Superannuation Trustees Services business. Godfrey replaces Mark Blair, who successfully transformed the company's strategy to concentrate on independent outsourced trusteeship ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June 2022, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from voting proxies on behalf of the plan, "due to concerns with their ...

Assets under custody stagnant: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... started 2022 with $219.7 billion. In January, HSBC announced its partnership with Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) as it looks to expand its services in the Australian superannuation sector. According to the ACSA data, asset servicing ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... members regarding their interests in the fund, including the transition to retirement. Michelle Levy explained in doing so, trustees will be required to consider member's personal circumstances, including their family situation and social security ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... quality independent advice which would tell them to switch to a better fund." He also slammed the recommendation that super trustees be free to decide how they charge for the advice. "Super is not a sector known for its self-control when it comes to ...