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First Sentier makes leadership appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
First Sentier Investors (FSI) has announced two key leadership appointments, effective 1 January 2025. Harry Moore, currently the global head of distribution, marketing, and communications is appointed to the newly created role of chief commercial officer. ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
After a decade in the making, an objective of superannuation has been legislated, with the bill passed in parliament yesterday. Now enshrined in legislation following the passage of the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023, the objective of superannuation ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
Cbus chair Wayne Swan faced the Senate Economics Committee today to answer questions around the super fund's claim handling delays, governance and payments made to the CFMEU. Cbus is facing legal action from the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Illegal investment scheme operator to pay $1.25m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... high-risk property development schemes, particularly where they are advised to set up self-managed superannuation funds to make the investment," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "Mr Hopkins and the A Team Property Group failed to hold a financial ...

Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Brighter Super is reducing administration fees from January 1, while also introducing a weekly account keeping fee. It's also changing the way death benefits are dealt with. Effective January, the annual percentage-based admin fee charged to Brighter ...

Super funds 'playing to their strengths' in private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... valuation triggers are receiving increased attention." A recent example of this came just this month when HESTA agreed to make payments to two cohorts of members impacted by valuation decisions make by the fund in March 2020. HESTA made downwards adjustments ...

Hostplus ups fees, makes $125m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
Hostplus has made changes to its investment fees and costs for FY23/24, increasing them between 0.06% to 0.16%. Members invested in the Conservative Balanced option and the Capital Stable option saw fees rise 10bps from 0.69% and 0.59%, respectively ...

Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... the directive from Treasury signals the Future Fund becoming less independent despite it being clear the fund should not make such investments at the expense of returns, and questioned why the Future Fund has not invested more in these areas before if ...

Can technology help advisers service the masses?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... Financial advisers who choose to serve the masses instead of specialising must reckon with how to leverage technology to make this possible amidst the influx of wealth Australians do not know how to plan for, according to industry experts. A panel of ...

Insignia completes MLC, NAB separation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... Workday, upgraded its infrastructure and applications, enhanced system performance and uplifted security and monitoring to make its environment safer for members," it explained. "At the same time, Insignia Financial has introduced operational improvements ...