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Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Global pension fund assets have doubled in the last decade, with Australia's pension assets growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The nation's largest superannuation fund plans to appoint more external managers, including looking to hand out its first mandates for Japanese and Indian markets specialists. It has also hired from Frontier and VFMC as it grows the team responsible ...

Skill shortages hitting advice firms hard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... continue to have a focus on merger and acquisitions, the recruitment market has not been as active in this area as businesses merge and re-establish themselves."

PE Capital in liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
PE Capital Funds Management is now in liquidation after the Federal Court found that it operated managed investment schemes without an AFSL and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct. The court found that over $16 million was invested in the registered ...

BTC Markets appoints chief operating officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
BTC Markets has announced the appointment of Anna Clive as chief operating officer. Clive brings experience both as an executive and transformational leader with ASX listed and privately held companies across media, technology (SaaS), retail, finance ...

AustralianSuper appoints retirement solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
AustralianSuper has appointed a new lead for its retirement solutions unit, welcoming the former chief executive of a fund it recently merged with. Stefan Strano became the $244 billion super fund's business lead for retirement solutions effective ...

LGIA upgrades anti-money laundering tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Newly merged super fund, the $24 billion LGIAsuper, has selected a technology partner to provide anti-money laundering services. The fund chose Napier's Transaction Monitoring and Client Screening tools as part of an upgrade of its anti-money laundering ...

MLC Life names head of fund partnerships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a head of fund partnerships for the group insurance business, most recently on the leadership team of an industry super fund. Chris Porter has taken on the role, reporting directly to general manager, fund partnerships ...

APRA to continue scrutiny of trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
The prudential regulator has outlined its policy and supervision priorities for 2022, saying its prime focus is rectifying sub-standard industry practices and eradicating unacceptable product performance. Released yesterday, APRA said it will continue ...

VGI chief executive resigns amid takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
The chief executive of VGI Partners will step down as Regal Funds Management prepares to take over the $2.5 billion asset manager. Jonathan Howie resigned less than a year after he was appointed chief executive. This morning, VGI announced that it entered ...