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Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Alpencrest Capital, a funds management incubator focused on distribution, has signed up its fifth affiliate and expects to come to market with three unit trusts in five months' time. Read Price and Camilla Love set up Alpencrest 18 months ago and officially ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

MLC Life names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Melissa Ammon is taking over as MLC Life Insurance's chief risk officer on a permanent basis. Ammon has been acting in the role since September 2024 when Jane McGovern was appointed chief customer and strategy officer. She first joined MLC Life in 2024 ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
MLC Life Insurance has hired an integration specialist to execute its merger with Resolution Life Australasia to create the country's third-largest life insurer. As the general manager of integration, Peter Moutsatsos will lead a dedicated team ...

One more vote needed for $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Despite being dropped from the Senate program today, the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill could soon be a reality, with the government needing to secure just one more supporter. The Bill was supposed to be debated in the Senate today ...

Investors should avoid overvalued US sectors: Talaria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
With global equity markets continuing to soar, an investment strategy that offers some genuine diversification should serve Australian investors well in 2025, Talaria Capital co-chief investment officer Hugh Selby-Smith said. Selby-Smith said strong ...

MUFG Pension & Market Services awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Consultancy Services (TCS) a mandate to help transform its retirement solutions business. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in the new partnership, outlines joint initiatives in product development, market expansion, and sales and product enhancement. ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...

Self-regulation on the cards: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... the same shortage as child carers, chefs, and aged care workers. In November, the FAAA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) India to help to bridge the adviser shortage. The initiative will develop ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... the course of the next couple of weeks," he said. This comes after the government completed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cook Islands when it comes to superannuation transfers. Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones said the partnership ...