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Super fund renews admin contract

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A $57 billion industry superannuation fund has renewed its administration contract, continuing a long-held relationship with Link Group. Rest has renewed its arrangements with Link Group for a term of 3 years and 8 months and includes an option for ...

Adviser of the Year finalists named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
The finalists for the Association of Financial Advisers' most sought after honours, the Adviser of the Year Award, have been announced. This year's finalists are Simone Du Chesne of EQWealth, Joseph Hoe of Wealthwise, and Elliot Watson of Elliot ...

$50bn super fund links with software firm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
A $50 billion industry superannuation fund partnered with a global investment data management software firm. Matrix has been selected by Cbus to provide the giant superannuation fund with investment management software designed to analyse the fund's ...

UniSuper advice offering surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
Demand for UniSuper's specialist advice offering has nearly quadrupled in the last five years, peaking at $13 billion in funds under advice at the end of June 2019. The $80 billion superannuation fund recently opened a member centre in Adelaide ...

Julie Bishop headlines AFA conference

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) released the program for its annual conference - with former foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop presenting and a focus on wellness. The theme of the conference is "united" and the AFA said in a challenging ...

FPA launches new CPD platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) launched a new continuous professional development solution for members. The FPA's My CPD solution will allow members to track their CPD on the FPA Learn online education platform. My CPD allows ...

APRA endorses review recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
APRA said it welcomes the Capability Review's "ambitious agenda" that aims to shakeup its culture and enforcement powers. Of the 24 recommendations from the Graeme Samuels-led Capability Review, APRA is endorsing the 19 recommendations dedicated ...

Open banking reforms a boon for fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
With the new open banking regime now in effect, fintechs are set to reap the rewards of data sharing. As of July 1, the big banks are now required to share generic product data as part of the government's phased timeline for the introduction of open ...

HUB24 defends cash accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
HUB24 has slammed a media report that claims its cash account holders will be worse off following the recent interest rate cuts. HUB24 called for a trading halt in light of an article written in the Australian Financial Review published on July 3, claiming ...

UK fund manager appoints local lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A $5.3 billion renewable infrastructure manager named a lead for its Australian office as it looks to launch a suite of local products. Foresight Group appointed Kim Nguyen as head of Australia, to lead the asset manager's expansion in the local ...