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Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and repeated its assurance that interest ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK pension sector is experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... they need to travel to a vaccine centre or experience long wait times. Meanwhile, Auto & General said that because it has few employees in front-facing customer roles and vaccination is not mandated, it will not provide paid leave unless directed by ...

CountPlus acquisitions boost revenue by $9.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The 11 financial advice and accounting firms CountPlus has acquired this financial year are anticipated to bring in $9.4 million in revenue. In an operational update to the ASX, CountPlus managing director and chief executive Matthew Rowe said the group ...

Rest hires from AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... has returned 7.8% p.a. over 10 years to April 2021, putting it at rank 25. It has hired heavily in recent months. To name a few, Rest hired Chris Drew from Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund as its head of Australian equities, Kiran ...

Another departure at AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... Challenger's Fidante Partners, Plenary, Talaria Asset Management, Platypus Asset Management, Savills and Ignition Advice to name a few. Superannuation funds that have pulled mandates from AMP Capital include Legalsuper, ESSSuper, LGIAsuper, QSuper ...

GROW wins new super fund client

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... business to focus on the admin platform. In February 2020, Grow signed Gig Super as the first client for its admin platform. A few months later, in May 2020, Wilson resigned over his alleged involvement in an NRL betting scandal. He eventually pled guilty ...

Centuria launches unlisted fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... returning to the office, we believe office asset investments will increasingly deliver strong results. Already within the past few months, we've witnessed several large office transactions in the domestic market." Huljich forecasts that the fund will ...

Magellan launches FuturePay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... and growing monthly income and aims to grow capital with a focus on downside protection with daily liquidity. "It ticks a few boxes. There is no silver bullet, but we do believe this offer will be appealing to some investors in that retirement income ...

IOOF completes merger, appoints executives

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... be the case." The acquisition has also seen IOOF's number of staff almost double to about 5000. It is understood that very few redundancies were made, with MLC Wealth originally bring over more than 3000 in terms of staff headcount.