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Cromwell gets $457m for European funds platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Cromwell Property Group is selling its European fund management platform, including its Italy Urban Logistics Fund and European REIT, to Stoneweg. Cromwell said the transaction, which is valued at $457 million, is a part of its broader strategy to simplify ...

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. ...

Magellan advances MGF conversion to open class

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Magellan Asset Management will go ahead with converting its Global Fund (ASX: MGF) into an open class structure. As the fund's responsible entity, Magellan Asset Management has advanced the conversion process since it was flagged in October of last ...

CFA Society Australia launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... a significant opportunity to strengthen and grow the investment profession in Australia. "The change will enable us to engage with employers, government and regulators nationally, while continuing to provide member services which are tailored to each ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... best possible retirement," she said. "Demographic analysis is not enough. Funds must continue to innovate, to effectively engage with at-risk segments. And it starts with sound insights." Further, members indicated that the top three areas where they ...

UniSuper restores online services, app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
UniSuper's systems are back online, after close to two weeks of disruption following the deletion of its private cloud. In an update today, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun said online services across the fund's website and app have been ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... of 18 should earn super regardless of how many hours they work. "This change would mean that every young Australian can engage with and benefit from our super system from the day they earn their very first dollar." Industry modelling found the change ...

'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 ...

AFCA finds more Dixon Advisory victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) added 544 more Dixon Advisory-specific victims to total 2492 complaints at the end of April, which will further exacerbate the costs and levy financial advisers must pay. The Financial Advice Association ...

Senior Cbus investment manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
Cbus' head of total portfolio management has left the fund, while a former JANA executive has joined its infrastructure team. Hired three years ago, Cbus head of total portfolio management Mark Ferguson has departed. hE was responsible for asset ...