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Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Aware Super has appointed Breckon Jones to the newly created role of head of growth, talent, and reward. Jones joins the $190 billion superannuation fund from iCare NSW, which manages the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities ...

HNW advisers flock to private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Almost two out of three investment advisers are looking to increase their asset allocation into private markets this year, a survey found. The survey comes amid a similar study compiled by Coller Capital, highlighting that one in three investors will ...

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... fraud, members who have reached preservation age face fewer frictions in accessing their funds and tend to have higher account balances. These factors can make them attractive targets," Constant said. ASIC's review into trustees handling of scam ...

SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... tax per year, it said. Breaking down the numbers, the SMC found a member of this cohort with $100,000 in an accumulation account is paying up to an extra $4500 in tax over the course of their retirement. A $200,000 account balance would attract $9000 ...

ASIC bans adviser fraudster found with child abuse material

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... entity that carries them out. Cubilla stole $637,735 from a deceased client's Colonial First State (CFS) superannuation account in what court documents described as a "sophisticated fraud." He used the funds to pay off personal debts and expenses. "It's ...

AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis will retire in April, with the financial advice group for high-net-worth clients naming a Macquarie Group executive as his successor. Harding-Davis told Financial Standard that now is the right time for retirement ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
The global ethics watchdog has issued fresh directives on judging green claims, with the minutiae still in flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the release of a consultation paper to gather insights and feedback on how to restructure Australia's financial reporting architecture with the aim to make it more efficient, effective, and fit for purpose. Chalmers ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
QIC has welcomed two new starters to its state investments team: a portfolio manager in Brisbane and a senior portfolio manager in Sydney. Daniel Rigney has been appointed as portfolio manager, arriving from Rest Super, where he managed quantitative ...

Entireti appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
The nation's largest financial advice group will welcome its first chief investment officer next week. Entireti has appointed Aman Ramrakha as chief investment officer, tasked with overseeing its investments solutions, including managed accounts ...