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ART hires from Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
Australian Retirement Trust, the newly merged QSuper and Sunsuper, has appointed a head of sustainable investment from Cbus. In what is the fund's first major appointment since finalising the merger on February 28, it has nabbed Cbus global head of ...

Frontier bolsters consultant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
Frontier has appointed a new principal consultant based in Sydney, hiring from Mercer. Cecily Williams has been appointed principal consultant, working in a senior client facing role and covering insurance and superannuation amongst other sectors. Williams ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
The $14 billion industry fund, NGS Super, has made some changes to investment options - including closing its socially responsible option - and altered fees. NGS is closing its Socially Responsible Diversified option to new members from 20 April 2022. ...

Superhero to offer Qantas points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
In Qantas' latest financial services partnership, Superhero users can win a share of one million Qantas points. To enter the draw for the points, Superhero investors must have linked their Qantas Frequent Flyer number to their Superhero account ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Colonial First State has settled a class action brought on behalf of approximately 100,000 super fund members who were allegedly rorted on fees. The class action alleged that CFS deliberately delayed transferring super fund members to the cheaper MySuper ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Wood has argued the federal government is spending as though there is a recession or a crisis, although there is no such situation. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney today ...

Perpetual moves to acquire Pendal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Perpetual has made an offer to acquire Pendal for $6.23 a share. Pendal confirmed it received the conditional, non-binding indicative proposal from Perpetual to acquire 100% of shares in Pendal by way of scheme of arrangement. The proposal is for a ...

Australia imposes further sanctions on Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
Australia has increased the economic costs to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, by applying an additional tariff of 35% for all imports from Russia and its ally Belarus. This further sanctioning of Russia will see Australia issue a formal notification ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
In his reply to the 2022 Federal Budget, opposition leader Anthony Albanese has promised cheaper childcare and an investment in renewable energy. Like Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Albanese focused much of his Budget reply speech on the cost of living. ...

New distribution head at Perennial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
Perennial Partners has a new head of distribution and a new institutional sales director. Cesar Farfan, currently Perennial's head of retail distribution, has been promoted to the position of head of distribution. In his new position Farfan will ...