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Mainstream to pay $5.1m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Mainstream BPO is due to pay $5.1 million as part of a confidential settlement agreement affecting its US hedge fund administration subsidiary. The ASX-listed firm said it agreed to pay US$3.95 million to a US District Court-appointed receiver of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
If there's one thing that matches (well, nearly) the exponential rate of infection from the coronavirus, it's the vertigo-inducing rally on Wall Street. After dropping to three-year lows in March last year, US equities have rocketed higher and ...

Iress hires head of corporate development

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Iress has hired a former AMP corporate development director for a new role that reports to its chief executive Andrew Walsh. Warwick Angus has been appointed Iress's head of corporate development and market infrastructure. Angus's role will include ...

SMSFs primed for best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Self-managed superannuation funds are ahead of the game in terms of meeting the looming best financial interest rules, according to its peak body. SMSF Association deputy chief and director of policy and education Peter Burgess told the association's ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut," Warren Buffett once famously advised. The barber's nod will invariably be met with opposition from shampoo manufacturers. Such is the divide between the Morrison government (the barber) and labour unions ...

Executive shuffle at Macquarie Group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
Macquarie Group has announced a new head of its asset management business and bank as long-time executives step down. Announced as part of Macquarie's results today, Martin Stanley will be stepping down as group head of Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) ...

IOOF subsidiary loses appeal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
IOOF is set to pay tens of millions in compensation after losing an appeal involving its subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Limited. The Court of Appeal dismissed AET's appeal against a decision made by the Supreme Court of New South Wales ...

Industry fund promotes for GM role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
A major industry superannuation fund has promoted from within to fill a vacant general manager position. Rest's head of operations David Madden has been promoted to general manager, administration solutions and governance. He replaces Kieran Varcoe ...