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Cultiv8, Fidante launch agriculture, food tech fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
Cultiv8 Funds Management (Cultiv8) and Fidante have joined forces to launch a fund that identifies and invests in early-stage agricultural and food technology companies. The Cultiv8 Agriculture and Food Technology Fund aims to focus on capital growth ...

Principal Financial Group to rebrand investment unit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
Principal Financial Group (Principal) will rebrand its investment unit to Principal Asset Management. The financial group said it is shifting focus toward asset management and strategic hires have been made. "Asset management is a core growth driver ...

Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
According to the Preqin Future of Alternatives in 2027 report, fund managers are pivoting to retail investors as institutional fundraising slows. The report said that private capital fund managers have long tried to tap into the retail market, having ...

CALI names chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has named Christine Cupitt as its inaugural chief executive. Cupitt, who will commence the role next January, joins after eight years at the Australian Banking Association (ABA) where she held various roles ...

Tech providers support QAR SOA proposals

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
Financial planning technology providers have agreed with the Quality of Advice Review's (QAR) proposal to remove Statements of Advice. Advice Intelligence founder and chief executive Jacqui Henderson said QAR chair Michelle Levy makes a critical ...

AFA president positive on industry outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
At the opening of the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive conference, AFA president Sam Perera expressed an extremely optimistic outlook about the advice industry's future. "I do believe we are turning a corner, the opportunities we have are tremendous ...

AMG Super to rebrand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
AMG Super is going to roll out a new look as it expands its offering to include an investment portfolio service. Just last month, AMG Super's MySuper product was closed to new members. While it did fail the Your Future, Your Super performance test ...

Inconsistencies across RIC strategies: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Mercer analysis of publicly available retirement income strategy summaries shows a great disparity between super funds' approaches. Under the requirements of the Retirement Income Covenant, trustees set out how they'll help members with their retirement ...

APRA to modernise regulatory frameworks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
APRA has outlined plans for its multi-year program to modernise the architecture of prudential standards for banks, insurers, and super funds. The program, which commenced last year, is intended to ensure the framework continues to underpin financial ...

Practifi names senior director, go-to-market

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
Practifi has promoted Umesh Banga to senior director, go-to-market amid plans to expand its wealth management and superannuation products and strategy globally. Banga's current duties as director of advice solutions will carry over to the new executive ...