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Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... retirement and increasing the Superannuation Guarantee from 9.5% to 12% as currently legislated. The report's author, Mercer's David Knox, noted the flexibility afforded to Australians upon receipt of their retirement benefit at retirement, but stopped ...

Culture change must not be a fad: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... of its problems, but warned the industry's efforts must be ongoing, and that the Australian community wouldn't accept a short-term improvement. "We're aided by the fact that, in many areas, the industry is seeking to change itself. Generally speaking ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... longer period. They are things to be considered, but there are not too many transaction costs to add to that," PwC partner David Coogan said. Stamp duty on property assets Combining property assets of two merging super funds may prove hard and the treatment ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... Health and Human Services, where she was director of customer support for the past year and a half. Cbus chief executive David Atkin said he was delighted to see the three new leaders appointed after an extensive search. "In Wade, Nicholas and Marianne ...

Melbourne boutique winds down funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... equities heads is winding down its funds after its family office backer withdrew support. ARCO Investment Management's David Colman and Peter Whiting ran two long-short Aussie equities funds and a long-only fund, with a total capacity of $650 million ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... transactions, Bonitas estimated RFF siphoned $86 million into RFM at the expense of minority shareholders. RFM managing director David Bryant denied the allegations categorically on the ASX on August 8 via a webinar, stating he sticks by its independently ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... six-month-long hunt for a chief executive. The company is digging deep into its pockets to hire Wright. His predecessor David Heather, was on a base salary of $323,208, according to FY18 annual report. In his new role as Xplore's chief executive ...

Paradice hires from Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Australian Equities Fund will invest in companies listed on or to be listed on the ASX and NZX. It will be managed by Troy Angus, David Moberley and Phillip Wensley. Paradice has over $15 billion in assets under management. In March, Paradice's national ...

Bank chief steps down amid expenses scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
ANZ New Zealand chief executive David Hisco stepped down following a review of his personal expenses. The ANZ board expressed concerns about the characterisation of certain expenses attributed to Hisco. While Hisco doesn't accept all of the concerns ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... introduction of legislation related to this year's budget announcements," he said in a note. SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli said the outcome was "certainly good news on the SMSF front." He expects the Liberals to deliver on its policies. This ...