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Industry funds flag $77bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... members. On June 25, Hostplus signed a successor fund transfer (SFT) agreement with the $3 billion Intrust Super. In February, it combined its assets with the $6 billion Maritime Super. In late 2019, Club Super folded into Hostplus, growing the latter ...

Adviser slapped with four-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... representing several AFS licensees. The misconduct occurred during the time she was an authorised representative of Meritum (February 2012 to February 2017) and InterPrac. Jennings was the sole director and financial adviser of FF Planning Solutions ...

Stonehouse acquires risk advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... Stonehouse. GJO Financial Services was part of Total Financial Solutions, a subsidiary of Countplus, between 2012 and February 2020. It moved licensees, operating under Lifespan FInancial Planning until this month when Owen announced that Stonehouse ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... 48.8 in May and 51.0 in April. "New orders also reduced for the second successive month, and at the fastest pace since February. Panel members commonly associated disruption to operating conditions to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, coupled with severe ...

ASIC removes Societe Generale restrictions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... authorised deposit-taking institution or an approved foreign bank. The first count took place between December 2014 and February 2017 when the bank withdrew client money over 4500 times from Australian clients and deposited the money into client accounts ...

Schroders head of distribution exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Mather, will now report to Schroders Australia chief executive Sam Hallinan. So will the product and marketing heads. In February, Schroders Australia appointed Hallinan as chief executive, after incumbent chief executive Chris Durack moved up to Schroders ...

Lazard advisory unit rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Australia on July 1. The US financial services firm flagged the restructure of its Australian advisory unit in early February, which is separate from Lazard Asset Management. Andrew Leyden was appointed to lead Lazard Australia, which is now owned by ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Lucky Country's economy. Iron ore broke above the all-time high of US$191.70 a tonne recorded more than 10 years ago (February 2011) on the 6th of May this year and is currently fetching 213.45/tonne. This represents a 30.2% increase from end-2020's ...

Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... executives supporting them in their journey towards life-centred advice," he said. Founded by Burridge, Lumiant launched in February 2021 as a platform helping advisers deliver goals-based advice. Burridge is raising capital via equity crowdfunding platform ...

GROW wins new super fund client

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... executive Josh Wilson said GROW was looking to divest its superannuation fund business to focus on the admin platform. In February 2020, Grow signed Gig Super as the first client for its admin platform. A few months later, in May 2020, Wilson resigned ...