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Why advisers must understand Retirement Income Covenant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... strategy that complies with the Retirement Income Covenant, advisers will have to take these issues into consideration - even though the covenant doesn't specifically apply to them. He suggested that going forward, these reforms will require advisers ...

MFS hunts new retail lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
MFS Investment Management is searching for a new head of retail sales for its local business, as the incumbent heads to London for a new role. MFS has confirmed Ross Cartwright is wrapping up as head of retail, Australia and New Zealand at the end of ...

Asendium partners with licensee support firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Asendium has joined forces with a licensee support firm that has more than 70 AFS Licensees nationwide. My Dealer Services is using the financial advice technology firm's software to develop compliant advice. Advisers will be able to generate in-house ...

UHNWs see net zero as business opportunity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... found 86% see their private capital as essential to address climate change. They also want to see action from government though, with 79% of the opinion that governments' pandemic stimulus packages should prioritise the transition to a low carbon ...

Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The start-up superannuation fund has raised $2.6 million, with Carol Schwartz coming on board as one of the investors. Verve said the raise attracted female investors including philanthropist and AI Media chair Deanne Weir, human rights lawyer Dalit ...

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... done an investigation on the proxy advisers policies of the super funds [and] their voting of proxy shares. I do think though each super fund will be very different in the way it does it, and very few actually hand all of their voting powers to a single ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... rebuked Wilson's line of questioning, saying he does not have concerns about the amount of influence super funds have. Though he acknowledged that as the super guarantee rises to 12%, funds will own a greater portion of the ASX. "They will be taking ...

MLC bolsters private equity team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
MLC Asset Management has made three appointments to its New York-based private equity team. Laura Hotaling joined as portfolio manager from New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) where she was chief risk officer. She previously spent eight ...

Praemium rejigs executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
The platform has given its chief commercial officer responsibility of business strategy and promoted its head of distribution to the executive leadership team. Praemium's chief commercial officer Mat Walker will now oversee business strategy in addition ...

Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... AIST conference last week, said the regulator found many concerning practices by trustees on revaluation of assets even though they acted "proactively" in the volatility. "More specifically, [there were] no predefined revaluation triggers and weak or ...