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Insignia snags TAL executives for new retirement solutions team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
Insignia Financial is creating a new team to drive innovation in retirement solutions for its MLC brand, to be led by TAL Australia's chief commercial officer Andrew Howard. Howard has been appointed as executive director, strategy and innovation. His ...

Westpac profits drop as it prepares for leadership change

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... class action filed against BT Financial Group, Westpac Securities Administration and Westpac Life Insurance (now known as TAL Life Insurance) in October 2023 reached a settlement in September 2024, it still requires approval from the court. The bank ...

TAL names retirement and wealth lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
TAL Australia has announced an in-house promotion to lead its team of product, investment and operational specialists. Shaun Bransdon has stepped into the role of general manager, retirement and wealth, a position that he will further develop and deliver ...

Cbus implements senior redundancies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
Cbus has made several senior staff redundant in pursuit of its growth strategy. The $94 billion industry fund has let go of its head of compliance, acting head of brand and marketing, head of marketing, communications, and insights, head of strategy ...

UniSuper offers plenty to like, says Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
UniSuper's collaborative approach to capital deployment and sound governance makes it a solid choice, according to Morningstar. Morningstar said UniSuper's strong leadership and collaborative nature reflect a team that's aligned with a total ...

Morningstar flags governance issues, leadership turnover at Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
Morningstar has pointed out persistent leadership turnover and concerns about governance in a review of Cbus. "While turnover has not been high across the broader investment team and replacements have mostly been made, it's hard to view Cbus positively ...

Active managers find no saviour in dual access products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
Active managers see dual access products as their ticket to a booming distribution channel, amid the ongoing secular decline of the unit trust industry. However, if they're hoping exchange-traded products (ETPs) will be a saviour - or at least a ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
Australian global equity and AREIT fund managers prove to be the biggest underperformers over the long term as more than 86% lag the index, an S&P Dow Jones Indices report finds. Australian fund managers, who invest in general global equities, continue ...

CommSec names new chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
CommSec has named Ryan Felsman as the new chief economist after Craig James announced he would be stepping down after more than 22 years with the firm. Felsman has been with CommSec since 2017 as senior economist. Prior to that he worked at Colonial ...

abrdn bleeds $6bn, share price plummets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
The fund manager's share price took a massive hit on the back of $6 billion (£3.1bn) in outflows in the third quarter. While abrdn's assets under management and administration (AUMA) grew 2% on the prior corresponding period, the outflows in its institutional ...