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Franklin Templeton hires from GSFM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new sales director, hiring from GSFM. Huw O'Grady will join the firm in the position of sales director, based in Melbourne. He joins from GSFM, where O'Grady spent seven years as key account manager, responsible for ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
Retail superannuation funds from AMP, Australian Ethical and Russell Investments will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the last-minute change to administration fee treatment in YFYS performance tests, says Industry Super Australia. The new performance ...

Industry funds to dominate in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
New research reveals which industry superannuation funds will dominate the sector in 2025 and squeeze out many retail funds. Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking Report shows AustralianSuper, QSuper/Sunsuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and Hostplus will become ...

Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
The myriad of regulatory reforms in the financial advice industry is raising concerns about the effects on the accessibility and quality of advice. This is according to Rainmaker's latest analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, which saw almost ...

VGI Partners global LIC posts 25.6% returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
VGI Partners Global Investments reported a net profit after tax of $153.9 million and portfolio returns of 25.6% for FY21. The LIC targets 10-15% p.a. through the cycle and holds a concentrated long and short portfolio, with the top five holdings accounting ...

Aviva, PSP Investments acquire property

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
Aviva Investors and Canadian pension fund, Public Sector Pension Board (PSP Investments), have acquired four offices located around Hoxton Square in London. Hoxton Campus, in the east end of London's Tech City, comprises of four office buildings covering ...

Franklin Templeton appoints unit registry provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has appointed unit registry services provider across 57 funds in the legacy Legg Mason business, after RBC Investor and Treasury Services exited its Australian registry business. Franklin Templeton will continue ...

Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
Major professional associations have united to rally against the newly proposed compensation scheme of last resort. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, Institute of Public ...

Industry Fund Services executive departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
Industry Fund Services' deputy general manager of unpaid super business unit has left the organisation. Pauline Olson has left IFS after 20 years, Financial Standard's sister publication Industry Moves first reported. "Her role has been absorbed into ...

Netwealth hires head of investment solutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
As part of a broader strategy to grow its asset management and managed accounts offerings, Netwealth has hired the former head of private wealth at Nikko Asset Management. A spokesperson for Netwealth confirmed Naomi Finnigan has been appointed to the ...