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ART beefs up analytics team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Australian Retirement Trust has recruited two specialists to help lead its strategic, digital, and cultural transformation. First up, Sarah Dunn has been appointed general manager of transformation. She joins from Victorian Funds Management Corporation ...

Bennelong refreshes board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Bennelong Funds Management has welcomed a new chair following the retirement of Lincoln McMahon at the end of December. Lincoln McMahon will be succeeded by Campbell Fleming who brings over 35 years of experience in asset management and financial services ...

VFMC welcomes two key execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Victorian Funds Management Corporation has made two new senior appointments - a chief people officer and a head of client services. The $92 billion quasi-sovereign wealth fund has named Karen Perkins the permanent head of client services. Perkins was ...

Morningstar hires research manager for super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Morningstar Australasia has recruited a manager to lead its superannuation research coverage on local asset owners. William Anglingdarma will support Morningstar's strategy to provide comprehensive superannuation fund ratings on fund fees, features ...

Millions of Aussies want episodic advice: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
More than 10 million Australian adults are set to seek financial advice, with more than half wanting access to a more flexible offering, a new report from Investment Trends reveals. The 2024 Financial Advice Report indicates that, out of the 21 million ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said the purpose of Tranche 2 of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO)- which was previewed earlier this week - is to allow super funds to provide basic financial advice, not to see a repeat of issues raised during ...

GESB renews administration mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
The fund for Western Australian public sector workers has renewed its mandate with MUFG Retirement Solutions. MUFG Retirement Solutions, formerly Link Group, has held the mandate since July 2014 when the Western Australian government first outsourced ...

HMC Capital makes $950m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
HMC Capital has agreed to acquire Neoen's Victorian renewable generation and storage portfolio for $950 million. The portfolio comprises four operational assets and six development assets. HMC said the acquisition will further seed its inaugural Energy ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
ASIC has released its first publication of industry-wide data reported under the internal dispute resolution (IDR) data reporting framework, flagging concerns firms are not reporting data accurately. Under the IDR framework, most licensed financial ...

Centrepoint Alliance launches long-awaited IconiQ platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
Centrepoint Alliance has launched the IconiQ investment platform, developed in partnership with FNZ, to provide advisers with both an Investment and Super Wrap solution. Centrepoint said the Investment Wrap is a comprehensive investment account designed ...