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Hostplus launches digital advice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
Hostplus has launched a digital tool that delivers personalised financial education and advice to its members, called SuperSmart. The $115 billion industry fund, which has nearly two million members, partnered with large licensee Industry Fund Services ...

Macquarie AM, PSP Investments sell AirTrunk stake to Blackstone, CPP Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have sold the entirety of their respective interests in AirTrunk to private equity giant Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP ...

Former ASIC commissioner joins Insignia Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
A former ASIC commissioner will join Insignia Financial as the chair of its trustees business on September 19. Danielle Press also assumes the position of non-executive director at Insignia Financial Trustees, replacing Lindsay Smartt. Press had a five-year ...

Consultation begins on new merger notification thresholds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
The government has begun consultation on proposed changes to merger notification thresholds as part of broader reforms designed to boost competition and productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement said that they're designed to ensure ...

Heightened costs push young Aussies to plan ahead: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Close to half of those aged 18 to 39 are taking more action for their retirement in light of heightened cost-of-living pressures, a HESTA study reveals. These actions include salary sacrificing and using online calculators to keep track of their superannuation. ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
The government has passed legislation that will put in place new powers for regulators to protect financial market infrastructure in the event of a crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the new laws will provide regulators with more powers to manage financial ...

Perpetual names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
Perpetual has named its new chief executive and managing director as Rob Adams steps down. Bernard Reilly assumes the top job, having exited Australian Retirement Trust (ART) as chief executive in February 2024. He spent two years at ART where he oversaw ...

CFS, Bravura, Elemnta team up to enhance FirstChoice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has introduced a new functionality on the former's FirstChoice platform that enables advisers to "utilise existing client data via seamless integration with Midwinter AdviceOS." Developed in collaboration with Elemnta, this ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...

APRA reprimands Cbus, BUSSQ over governance issues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
APRA has imposed additional licence conditions on Cbus and BUSSQ over governance concerns in the wake of the CFMEU scandal. The prudential regulator's additional licence conditions stipulate that Cbus' trustee, United Super, and BUSSQ bring ...