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Sterling Income Trust executives charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Three directors connected to the Sterling Income Trust are facing criminal charges over the collapsed property investment and management group's schemes. Sterling Group founder Raymond Jones and associate Simon Bell have each been charged with 11 counts ...

Legalsuper hits members with increased fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Legalsuper is raising the investment fees of its MySuper balanced option product from December 14, resulting in an annual cost increase for an account balance of $50,000 from $546.92 to $596.92. For the $5.4 billion industry fund's default investment ...

Link revises financial reports after ASIC review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
Link Group amended its FY23 financial report that was released in August, following an ASIC review that identified potential "material misstatements." ASIC pinpointed discrepancies in the recorded value of Link's Fund Solutions business assets and provisions ...

E-commerce giant retreats from super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
Just four years on from its much-hyped launch, Kogan Super has closed its doors to new members. Kogan initially flagged its intention to enter the superannuation sector in late 2018, saying it had partnered with Mercer to develop a new "no frills, ultra-low ...

Future Super acquires GuildSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Future Super Group is ramping up its growth strategy, entering the default super space with the acquisition of GuildSuper. The deal with GuildSuper will see Future Group add about $2.77 billion in funds under management and 99,000 members. This includes ...

Calastone appoints new local head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Global funds network Calastone has internally promoted an executive to serve as the new head of its Australian and New Zealand operations. Effective today, Marsha Lee will succeed Teresa Walker, who stepped back from the business at the end of October. ...

Bell FG announces leadership shakeup

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
Arnie Selvarajah and Dean Davenport will become the new co-chief executives of Bell Financial Group (BFG), while executive chair Alastair Provan retires. Selvarajah has been the chief executive of BFG group subsidiary, Third Party Platform (Bell Direct) ...

CFA final exam pass rate declines

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
Of the 16,035 candidates who sat for the Level III CFA exam in August, just under half (47%) passed. This is below the 48% and 49% pass rate for those who sat the Level III exam this past February and August of last year, respectively. It is also lower ...

WAM launches unit trust, names RE

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) selected Equity Trustees (EQT) to be responsible entity for the Wilson Asset Management Leaders Fund. The fund is an actively managed investment portfolio, comprised of 45-80 large-cap companies listed predominately on ...

Cbus appoints new head of infrastructure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
Cbus has welcomed a new head of infrastructure, following Alexandra Campbell's promotion to head of private markets and deputy chief investment officer. The $85 billion industry fund appointed Jordan Kraiten, who brings over a decade of experience ...