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Cbus MySuper investment option returns 8.35%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
Cbus has reported an 8.35% return for its growth MySuper investment option for the last financial year. The $94 billion industry fund said that the option has averaged an annual return of 7.73% over the past 10 years. It has achieved an average annual ...

IFS launches two courses with Kaplan

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... sector gears up to offer more financial advice. The courses target super fund staff predominately working in call centres, general advice, and education delivery teams. The first program, Superannuation Industry Induction, is a foundational module that ...

Sequoia professional services lead exits, restructures business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... large amounts of shares in Sequoia and have recently attempted to gain control of it. Shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in June rejected their motion for Brent Jones and Peter Brook to take up a seat on the board and oust chief ...

TelstraSuper produces 9.6% MySuper return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
TelstraSuper's lifecycle MySuper offering turned around 9.6% for all its members under 50 who have not made an investment choice. The result, which is net of all investment fees and taxes, demonstrates the value of its lifecycle structure, chief investment ...

ATO seeks submissions on defining an 'employee'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a draft update to its tax ruling TR 2023/4 for consultation which determines when a person is considered an employee under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (SGAA). The draft update ...

Panel declares 'unacceptable circumstances' for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... wanted to remove chief executive Garry Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison as directors at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in June. Shareholders voted in favour of Crole and Pattison keeping their positions, each securing over 60% ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... chief customer officer for consumer banking for several years. He's also served as chief financial officer and chief general manager of group strategy. He will take the reins on August 31. Vicki Carter, who became Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's ...

Pacific Current names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... acting chief executive of Challenger's funds management business. Prior to that he spent more than eight years as its general manager of institutional and offshore distribution. Clarke also held senior roles at Russell Investments as managing director ...

FSC releases new standard on scam mitigation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and its superannuation funds members have adopted a new standard to protect consumers from financial harm. The FSC's Standard demonstrates its members' commitment to protecting customers from scams and fraud by setting ...

New recruits top advice industry priority: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... levy, which is divvied up among the number of advisers registered as at 30 June 2024, is scheduled to land in August. FAAA general manager of policy, strategy, and advocacy Phil Anderson told the briefing that it does not appear as though the ASIC levy ...