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Platform reveals advice firms' top issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
Practice management, advice technology, and superannuation are top of mind for financial advisers who want to improve their aptitude and knowledge, according to professional networking platform Ensombl. The analysis of adviser conversations stemming ...

Australian Ethical snaps up asset manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Australian Ethical has struck a deal to acquire Altius Asset Management, the sustainable fixed income business of Australian Unity, a move that will see its funds under management (FUM) swell by $2 billion. The acquisition will see both firms merge ...

Funds SA chief investment officer exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
Funds SA is on the hunt for a new chief investment officer. The $43 billion asset manager confirmed Richard Friend is departing after almost eight years in the role. Friend joined Funds SA in December 2016 to lead the investment team, coming across ...

Equip Super awards custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
Equip Super has selected a new custodian and back-office administrator to replace NAB Asset Servicing. Northern Trust won the mandate to provide asset servicing solutions that include global custody, fund administration and portfolio analytics. It replaces ...

Industry fund merger postponed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Mine Super and TWUSUPER have reported "significant progress" towards their merger, but it has been pushed back. In a joint statement, the super funds announced that their merger to form TEAM Super has been rescheduled from early 2024 to early 2025. ...

Another corporate fund bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
The Nissan Superannuation Plan will be wound up on July 31, almost 50 years on from its creation. The Nissan Superannuation Plan was created in 1977 to house the retirement savings of the car manufacturer's employees. It's existed in its current form ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The $175 billion superannuation fund welcomed its first head of corporate development as it looks to be a "merger partner of choice" in the industry. Craig Stevens joined Aware Super this week in the role, coming across from Vanguard Australia where ...

Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
Almost two years on from confirming merger talks, the two super funds have set a date for the successor fund transfer. Active Super will merge into Vision Super on 1 March 2025, following the signing of a successor fund transfer deed. It was initially ...

Spaceship expands Voyager suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Spaceship is launching two new Voyager portfolios, targeting investors with a lower risk appetite and shorter investment horizon. The Spaceship Explorer Portfolio and Spaceship Galaxy Portfolio bring the Voyager lineup of products to five, sitting alongside ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the regulator's new report on exorbitant advice fee deductions is not a criticism of advisers, rather of trustees failing basic obligations, with more still needing to be done by the reviewed funds some 12 ...