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Pendal gets $900m net inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Pendal Group saw $900 million in net inflows in the quarter ending March, taking its assets over $100 billion again. Pendal ended March with $101.7 billion in total funds under management (FUM), 4.4% higher than December's closing FUM of $97.4 billion. ...

Atlas Wealth launches mortgage brokerage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Atlas Wealth Management has launched a mortgage-broking business and appointed a director to help expatriates buy property in Australia. Atlas Mortgages is led Jeremy Harper as director, an experienced mortgage broker who's also worked in accounting ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine" (as Morrison declared back in November 2020) but it's certainly leading much of the world in containing the virus and strengthening economic recovery. This was the ...

BUSSQ appoints two executive managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The $5 billion industry fund has appointed two executive managers. Camille Magee moved to executive manager, relationships, growth and advice, Financial Standard's sister publication Industry Moves confirmed. Magee has previously worked at Equipsuper ...

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
ASIC is taking Westpac to the Federal Court, alleging it sold junk credit insurance to 384 customers that did not want it and whose accounts were unlawfully debited to pay for the premiums. The corporate regulator has exposed dodgy sales of add-on insurance ...

Elston grows distribution team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
Elston Asset Management has made two additions to its distribution team, hiring from Morningstar and Lonsec. Samantha Woodham has joined as a senior business development manager for Queensland and Western Australia. She was previously at Morningstar ...

Hostplus wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Hostplus has been chosen as successor fund for about $210 million of member assets from AUSfund, as the latter closes its doors after 33 years. AUSfund, which was set up as a fund for unclaimed or dormant superannuation funds, is owned by an Industry ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Risk premium inflows experienced marginal decreases in the 12 months to December 2020 as the gap in consumer satisfaction grows, new research shows. The latest data from Plan For Life showed total inflows increased 0.5% to $16.3 billion with just a ...

DDO to simplify general, personal advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The outcome of the High Court decision on general advice will have an interesting and simplifying effect on the design and distribution obligations coming into effect later this year, according to a lawyer. Speaking at a Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Lowy-backed Assembly acquires childcare centres

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The Lowy Family Group backed Assembly Funds Management has acquired six early learning centres in North West Sydney. The acquisition is in partnership with Harrington Property Funds Management and will see the six childcare centres operated by Young ...