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Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger will go ahead

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... naming the key executives and board directors to lead the $200 billion entity. The two funds have signed a Heads of Agreement to merge by September this year, a decision that is supported by the Queensland government. The move will see the departure ...

Bell AM wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... mid cap strategies to its clients in Europe, Asia and Middle East, in line with a traditional sub-advisory, fee share agreement. In turn, Bell was to UBP with market intelligence on Aussie institutional investors, as the Swiss bank sent a distribution ...

ASIC bans adviser over dodgy super consolidation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
ASIC has permanently banned a Melbourne financial adviser for allegedly pressuring people into consolidating their superannuation for a fee. Nizi Bhandari has been banned from providing financial services permanently. He was an authorised representative ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... money were relatively small, payments would or would probably have occurred by way of dividends if there was not an agreement", and that the concepts of CBA staff encouraging customers to consider Essential Super and of written agreements between CBA ...

Local fund manager expands in Asia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Auctus Asset Management (AVC) will buy an initial 9.9% stake in Asia-based private market investment manager Odyssey Group. Odyssey has about US$180 million in gross assets under management and advice, 25 staff and operations in both Singapore and Hong ...

Pahari's pay packet revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
AMP has reported the extent of the remuneration awarded to former AMP Capital boss Boe Pahari in the 53 days he led the business. As outlined in AMP's annual report, Pahari was paid $376,000 in cash payments. While he was not entitled to a short-term ...

Pandemic boosts scam complaints

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... resolved nearly 90% of the COVID-related complaints it received by helping individuals and financial firms reach an agreement. "It's vital that consumers and financial service providers work together to resolve issues quickly," Untersteiner said.

Mainstream to be acquired for $170m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... weighted average price. In February this year Mainstream agreed to pay $5.1 million as part of a confidentiality settlement agreement affecting its US hedge fund administration subsidiary. "The proposed settlement is on a no admission of liability basis ...

Aware Super, Macquarie to acquire Vocus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... Aware Super and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), with Vocus confirming it has entered a $4.5 billion agreement with the consortium. The Vocus board has unanimously recommended shareholders accept the proposal, which comes after MIRA made ...

Chant West to buy Rice Warner insurance comparator

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Chant West has entered an agreement with Rice Warner to buy the latter's Galaxy Insurance Comparators business. The 16-year-old business is an insurance comparison tool for desktop software providers to the financial advice industry, institutional ...