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Lonsec bolsters sales team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
Research house Lonsec has grown its sales team, including appointing a new head of sales. John Burton steps into the head of sales position. He was previously national sales manager at OnePath before more recently establishing his own wealth firm - ...

Maple-Brown Abbott adds distribution role

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed Vijay Srinivasan to the newly created role of national key account manager. Srinivasan's role was created to help drive the distribution strategy with financial advisers, dealer groups, platforms and key accounts for ...

Industry fund cuts premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
A $2 billion industry fund has reduced its insurance premiums by more than 17%. REI Super informed members premium rates will decrease by 17.5% for income protection and 3.3% for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance. "We continuously ...

Guidance on financial risks of climate change released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
The prudential regulator has released the final guidance on managing the financial risks of climate change, having made minor amendments following industry consultation. The guidance outlines how institutions must identify and monitor risk, covering ...

JANA adds three new GM roles

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
The asset consultant has created three new general manager roles, covering investment strategy, research and client relationship management. Promoting from within, JANA has expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of the new general manager ...

QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... said. The documents state that a significant event notice sent to some or all members in May 2016 notified them that the cover they'd be entitled to would vary depending on age, current level of cover and employment situation. It also stated the fund ...

Clearstream wins custody mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
Clearstream Australia has won a mandate to serve as sub-custodian for unlisted managed funds and hedge funds in Australia and New Zealand for a large firm. J.P. Morgan appointed Clearstream to provide local sub-custody services. Clearstream has been ...

APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... chair John Longo spoke of trustees causing significant consumer harm. Misconduct ASIC has exposed since its role expanded to cover super from 1 January 2021 include trustees misleading members in a way that led to retaining a higher fee product when ...

Macquarie AM acquires logistics real estate portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
Macquarie Asset Management acquired a €63 million portfolio of CityFlex properties in Poland from commercial real estate developer 7R on behalf of one of its managed accounts. The 80,000 square metre last-mile logistics portfolio is comprised of four ...

Hume throws shade at trustee rainy day funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
Senator Jane Hume has slammed superannuation funds for creating rainy day funds that pay for potential penalties because of misconduct. Hume points to a recent trend in which several super funds applied to the courts seeking permission to charge members ...