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Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
While the 0.1% increase in quarterly GDP was in line with experts' expectations, it still paints a dire picture for Australia's economic path. Annual GDP growth has fallen to just 1.1%, the slowest rate of annual growth in GDP in more than three ...

EQT updates on Australian Executor Trustees acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
EQT Holdings has confirmed it has completed of one of two key strategies to achieve synergies when it acquired Australian Executor Trustees (AET). At the time of acquisition, Equity Trustees announced its intention to exit the AET platform business ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of XTrade

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of retail over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer XTrade. XTrade offered clients opportunities to trade in contracts for difference ...

HESTA nabs legalsuper executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
HESTA has appointed Alissa Knight to the newly created role of general manager strategic planning, effective June 11. In her new role, Knight will play a crucial role in supporting HESTA's executive leadership team in strategic planning and key ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
More than a year on from a Treasury consultation on giving victims of child sexual abuse access to their abuser's superannuation for compensation purposes, little headway has been made. At the same time, experts say the government's proposals ...

MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) will increase total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums by 5.4%, effective July 1. MIESF said that while it has a history of providing good value insurance products at competitive rates ...

GSFM and Tribeca part ways after 16 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
GSFM and Tribeca Investment Partners have parted ways, effective June 1, after being in partnership since 2008. GSFM chief executive Damien McIntyre emailed staff and clients on May 31 to deliver the news, which he said was a mutual decision. "From ...

Equip Super names chief experience officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
Equip Super appointed its inaugural chief experience officer (CXO), previously at legalsuper. Carrie Norman joins Equip on June 11. She most recently spent more than three years at legalsuper where she was chief member officer and an executive of member ...

ANZ dumps remaining stake in AmBank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
ANZ has offloaded its remaining stake in AMMB Holdings (AmBank) in a bid to "simplify the bank." ANZ sold its 5.2% shareholding in AmBank for MYR4.10 (A$1.31) per share. The Malaysian bank is currently trading at MYR4.22 (A$1.35) per share. ANZ chief ...

Vision Super chair departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
Lisa Darmanin, Vision Super's chair for almost three years, has stepped down to become a Senator for Victoria. Darmanin was the fund's first female chair, having held the role since July 2021. She replaced Geoff Lake, under whom she served as ...