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Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... manager where he was a relationship manager in the Australian client group. Davies will be replaced by Ronan King who currently works in the Singapore office as a regional business manager for the investment platform. Davies is understood to be retiring ...

Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... already invested in a life policy issued to Active Super by Challenger Life. According to APRA data, about 190 members currently hold the product, with a total just over $15 million in funds under management. Active Super explained that the Guaranteed ...

Superannuation tax shakeup proposed by Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... Finally, the paper proposed "further simplifying the super system" by removing the distinction between the tax treatments currently applied to concessional and non-concessional contributions. Under current policy settings, contributions are classified ...

ANZ chief to retire, external successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... "spoilt for choice" in the process, ANZ chair Paul O'Sullivan said. In the end, the successful candidate was Nuno Matos. Currently chief executive, wealth and personal banking at HSBC, Matos will take over the top job in July next year. Matos brings ...

AustralianSuper replaces retirement lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... years, an estimated 2.5 million Australians will move from saving for retirement to starting their retirement phase. Currently, around 900,000 AustralianSuper members are retired, partly retired, or approaching retirement.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... including superannuation, by parties to family law proceedings or victim-survivors of family, domestic or sexual violence". Currently, super funds have no discretion over death benefit payments in circumstances involving family and domestic violence ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... in place." Jones said the focus will be on removing red tape for financial advisers, but only in areas that are not currently providing consumer protections, saying a lot of it is "form-filling that doesn't benefit anyone". "We're going to reduce that ...

Former abrdn MD takes on chief executive role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... said Rayson and Jollie will work together over the coming weeks to ensure a smooth transition of leadership. Jollie is currently a non-executive director of Fundbase Group, a partner at Mavin Advisory and the former managing director of abrdn (formerly ...

Commonwealth Bank names chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... (CBA) has appointed Luke Yeaman as its new chief economist and head of global economic and markets research. Yeaman is currently a deputy secretary in the Department of Treasury and head of their macroeconomic group, a position he's held since April ...

Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... current and former directors confirming them to be 'fit and proper'; one former director refused to take part. Currently, Cbus directors must complete a self-assessment of their skills prior to appointment and each year. They are provided with ...