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National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... savings in their home as well as their superannuation and age pension, through its Household Transfer offering. Launching in March this year, the business has already demonstrated the need for improved retirement funding among Australia's retirees according ...

Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... shy of is attempting a three-way merger akin to its attempt with WA Super and Tasplan, revealed by Financial Standard in March. "I don't see such mergers happening [in the future].Trying to do a bilateral merger is complex enough, a tripartite merger ...

Super fund bolsters leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... Humphreys was most recently the head of research and senior investment analyst at JCP Investment Partners which shuttered in March this year. In his new role Humphreys will be responsible for implementing the fund's sustainable investment policy across ...

MLC Wealth shuffles distribution leadership

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... bring a global perspective and significant experience to the team, as MLC delivers on the strategic intent it announced in March. "Mandy is a highly respected global investment industry executive who will provide deep knowledge of industry trends, client ...

Chief economist update: RBA not risking market disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... However, latest data show that retail sales remain weak - 2.4% in the year to July from this year's high of 3.5% in March and over 8% before the GFC. The income tax cuts delivered on 1 July should help, but not when wages remain stagnant (unchanged ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... risk officer, and Marianne Walker, who is the new group executive of member and employer experience. Martin joined Cbus in March 2013 as a risk manager and moved on to become general manager and head of risk management. He previously managed internal ...

REP 515 divides advice community

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... Conference in Adelaide, Anderson asked delegates whether they were experiencing the pain of ASIC's Report 515, released in March 2017. About a third of the advisers in the room raised their hand. He then asked how many people in the crowd had never ...

Board addition strengthens strategic relationship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Japanese insurer. Masahiko Kobayashi joins the Challenger board as part of the strategic relationship which was announced in March. The relationship saw MS&AD increase its Challenger shareholding to over 15% of issued capital and Challenger commenced ...

Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... "may well be a chance" of considering an extra raise for its credit LIT launched this year which closed oversubscribed in March. He said the company will continue to be focused on the institutional channel as well. It may see a slight change in assets ...

Centrepoint revenue model improves bottomline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... showing strong signs of success." Centrepoint launched its new, more transparent service offering to financial advisers in March 2019. Latest figures show 86% of the 227 of Centrepoint authorised representatives transitioned to the new pricing model. ...