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Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... years; some 87% have been approached to move employers. Worryingly, 25% flagged they will leave the financial services industry altogether. A minority (13%) are considering becoming an adviser or want a different role within their organisation. About ...

Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... manager of retirement income policy for five years. There, she covered a broad range of retirement income issues, including industry policy, superannuation, investments and risk management in retirement. During this time, she advised Jeremy Cooper, head ...

Senior equity manager exits Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
A Cbus executive in charge of equity manager research and selection has departed the $85 billion industry fund. Anna Weickart confirmed to sister title Industry Moves that her role was made redundant. Weickart joined Cbus as a senior investment analyst ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... the dispersion is wide, which means that when macro drivers die down, the different fundamentals of the business and industry start to show in their prices. That's when the active managers can actually outperform and add value," she said. "What we ...

Nominations open for 30th annual MAX Awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... Standard MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards. Now in their 30th year, the MAX Awards recognises industry excellence in the fields of marketing, advertising and sales in financial services. Those working in financial services are ...

UniSuper creates lead governance, compliance role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... adding to our strong, in-house capability as we continue to expand and grow." Bradley has been in the financial services industry for close to two decades. Her other previous roles include portfolio manager at QSuper and head of SMSF investment solutions ...

Super assets reach $3.7tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... to $2.6 trillion year on year. The self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector trailed behind, rising 7% to $913.7 billion. Industry funds' assets under management (AUM) of $1.3 trillion is where most Australians park their money, growing 15% year on year. ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... make up the majority of all other pay quartiles. The fund highlighted that its pay gap is significantly lower than the industry medians and said that it is largely due to some roles that attract significant variable pay being held by men.

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... pay gap sits at 23.6% while the median gender pay gap for total remuneration is 26.1%. The upper pay quartile for the industry is 35% female, while the lower quartile is 64% female. The WGEA uses the 'median' as opposed to the 'average' ...

Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... by interest rates which appear also to have peaked, at least for now, in most countries." Gao warned that the pensions industry is facing increased oversight from regulators. "Government influence on pension schemes is also at high level as governments ...