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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.

Global Merces MD cops ASIC ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... decision at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. On 21 January 2020, ASIC suspended the fund's AFSL for six months and a few weeks later, the Federal Court ordered Global Merces be wound up. Anthony Connelly and Michael Hill, who are partners at ...

Future Fund to hire 70 for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... technology), and company-wide infrastructure such as leadership training and upskilling. Arndt said the old ASL was set a few years ago, and the Future Fund has since added other funds to its remit. "...since that time we have received a number of new ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... achieving the inflation target... Looking through this, underlying inflation is expected to remain below 2% over the next few years." The Australian economy is certainly recovering faster than expected and the labour market has improved significantly. ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... chair, alongside fellow Aberdeen Standard veteran Peter McKellar who serves as chief executive. "We believe that the next few years will see significant investment opportunities in the financial services sector as some of the pressures that the industry ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... progressively moves from an initial focus on investors to being opened to all actors across financial markets over the next few years. "End-of-decade goals to reduce emissions have come into sharp focus with new commitments emerging from the US, Canada ...

QSuper makes changes ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
Members of $100 billion government fund QSuper have been notified of a few changes ahead of its merger with Sunsuper. After QSuper and Sunsuper executed a Heads of Agreement, confirming their intention to merge and create a $200 billion super fund in ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... their superannuation account by way of voluntary contributions, this measure is just for show. Yes, it might have frightened a few left-wing commentators on social media last weekend, but that was likely because they didn't understand the scheme. But ...

What to expect from the budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... some good news for the superannuation sector and small businesses. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has released details about a few initiatives that will be included in the budget. The government will allow older Australians to contribute more to their super ...

State Street to track Bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... currencies and emerging trends, which investors should theoretically be able to leverage for portfolio planning. "Over the last few months, media coverage around Bitcoin has grown significantly relative to corporate, financial and economic media markets ...