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Government fund names new chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
A $2.3 billion government fund has announced that its chief executive of 13 years is departing, with a replacement from a merging industry fund stepping into the role. Michelle Wade has resigned from AvSuper after 13 years leading the fund. She will ...

ERS dents Raiz Super by $13m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Raiz's superannuation offering paid out $13 million as a result of the early release of super scheme but managed to keep funds under management afloat. The micro-investing platform reported superannuation assets grew by 27% on the prior corresponding ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
The Actuaries Institute has named a partner at KPMG as its new president. Jefferson Gibbs takes over from Hoa Bui, who was appointed to the post in January 2020. Gibbs is a partner at KPMG specialising in general insurance. He joined the firm in October ...

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed a new board member to serve a five-year term. Kirsty Mactaggart will join the Board of Guardians in April 2021 bringing extensive global capital markets experience. She was head of equity capital markets ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
Members of merged superannuation funds are $15,000 better off in retirement, new research shows. An analysis by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) found MySuper fees of merged entities dropped by 13.4% on average. The consumer advocate group looked at ...

Aussie dividends slump 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
Three-in-five Australian publicly listed companies have either cut or withheld their dividends during 2020 as a result of COVID-19, a global dividend index shows. Between April and December 2020, Aussie firms either cut or cancelled dividend payments ...

Wealth group makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A subsidiary of ASX-listed accounting firm Kelly+Partners has made a tuck-in acquisition of a financial services group on the New South Wales Central Coast. The subsidiary will acquire a 51% stake in the group which includes private wealth management ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The $13 billion industry super fund MTAA Super, which is due to merge with Tasplan and become Spirit Super on 1 April 2021, has flagged that insurance premiums will be increasing for members. MTAA said that the insurance costs for many members will ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The US economy is not out of the woods yet and therefore, worrywarts need not be concerned over rising inflation - that would prompt the Fed taper policy accommodation. "Participants observed that the economy was far from achieving the committee's ...

Revolution hires to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
The private debt boutique has added a former Challenger investor as a portfolio manager, and an associate portfolio manager from JANA. Steve Sutinen has joined Revolution Asset Management as a portfolio manager. He spent 21 years at Challenger, including ...