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ClearView welcomes chief of staff

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
ClearView has appointed Sharon Leong to the newly created position of chief of staff. Leong will report to ClearView managing director Nadine Gooderick and work with the executive leadership team to oversee the execution of the group's refreshed ...

Perpetual shutters innovation fund, Pendal funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
Despite returning over 40% last financial year, Perpetual is terminating a six-year-old global equities fund. It will also shutter several Pendal funds in November. The Perpetual Global Innovation Share Fund was launched in June 2017 and invested in ...

Australian Retirement Trust hunts new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
Having successfully seen through the merger that created Australian Retirement Trust as well as several others that have swelled the fund to $260 billion, chief executive Bernard Reilly is set to leave. Reilly has notified the ART board of his intention ...

CALI launches scholarship to boost female risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has launched a program that aims to entice more women into the life insurance industry. The industry body said its inaugural ReCALIbrate program will provide $2000 in grants to support the attendance of ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.1%, however, it flagged that inflation remains too high. During governor Philip Lowe's last monetary policy meeting, the RBA said its reason for holding rates ...

Complii grows through MIntegrity acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
Complii Fintech Solutions has entered into a binding acquisition agreement to purchase MIntegrity, a compliance and consulting firm. The acquisition entails a total consideration of $300,000 and the issuance of 130,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares ...

Government consults on superannuation objective laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
The federal government is consulting on proposed superannuation legislation that will enshrine an objective to "preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and sustainable way." The Superannuation ...

Sequoia liquidates Libertas Financial Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
Libertas Financial Planning is in the process of liquidation, a decision made by parent company Sequoia Financial Group four years after it was acquired. Libertas' operations and customers will transfer to Interprac Financial Planning and Sequoia ...

Strategic reset delivers for Count

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
Count has seen growth in its wealth business, with aggregated revenues rising 24%, gross business earnings up 19%, and a significant jump in adviser numbers. In "a year of transformation", Count reported a very slight decline in net profit after tax ...

Citi terminates staff super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
Citi is closing its staff superannuation fund and ceasing all defined benefit funding, saying it's no longer feasible to continue operating. Employees were recently advised the company had given notice to the trustee that it has decided to terminate ...