Fund People as at 21 January 2020

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Fund People as at 21 January 2020

  • HESTA appoints chief advice officer, chief risk officer

  • GROW Super appoints deputy CEO

  • First Super appoints co-chair

  • Acadian AM appoints vice president of product and wholesale markets

  • ASX appoints new directors

  • Sunsuper appoints directors

  • MyState CEO resigning in July

  • Aurora FM CFO resigns

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 16 July 2019

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 16 July 2019

  • BetaShares launches government bond ETF

  • Blockchain super admin platform launched

  • Boutique fund manager Mhor Asset Management shuts down

  • JP Morgan dumped at Funds SA after two decades as custodian

  • Deutsche Bank traversing new ground

  • AMP adds Zenith and Quilla to MyNorth, launches new portfolios offer, publishes whitepaper

  • Hostplus in merger talks with Club Super

  • CountPlus offloads conflicting SMA platform solution

  • ASIC cancels AFS licence of Australian Mutual Holdings Limited

  • ASIC offering fintech more flexibility

  • ASIC increases licence application requirements

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Fund People as at 23 April 2019

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  • Rice Warner welcomes new CEO, says goodbye to founder

  • GROW Super appoints head of strategy

  • State Street appoints new international business CEO

  • Hostplus hires group insurance head

  • Rest appoints innovation and transformation head

  • AvSuper appoints new directors

  • Macquarie IM appoints COO Asia-Pacific

  • SMSF Association loses founder and CEO

  • TelstraSuper chair departing

  • Tribeca loses portfolio manager

  • UniSuper executive reshuffle with new senior appointments and departures

  • FASEA appoints two new directors

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 28 February 2018

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  • Legg Mason partners with BetaShares
  • ETMF to be launched by Perennial
  • AMP cuts new wholesale fund fees
  • Micro-cap fund launched by Lennox
  • Legg Mason divests cluster bombs and tobacco
  • IOOF and GROW Super partner
  • SMSF administrator acquired by SuperConcepts
  • Acorns plans super fund launch
  • KPMG sells admin business
  • ASIC applies to appoint Superfunded liquidator
  • Four major banks under scrutiny
  • Credit Suisse hiring investigation
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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Update as at 3 November 2017

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  • StatePlus partners for retirement transition
  • GROW Super cuts fees
  • BTFG life insurance APL widened
  • AB reduces retail fees
  • Melbourne boutique terminates fund
  • Fund launched by Charter Hall, consumer spending backed
  • First boutique partners named by Bennelong subsidiaries
  • Impact fund launched by Standard Life
  • Fintech start-up launches world-first tech
  • Acorns tool to invest in the future
  • Equity Trustees enters super fund merger
  • Australian Trustee hits top 10
  • New Insurer named for VicSuper
  • Midwinter partners with management platform
  • AMP’s departs platform
  • Equity research firm expands
  • Fund management guidance overhauled by ASIC
  • Trans-Tasman fintech collaborative approach confirmed
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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 30 May 2017

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  • CFS improves managed accounts capabilities
  • New sustainable trading platform launch
  • ATO guidance on death benefits released
  • Divitiarum Audax AFSL suspended
  • Inadequacies found in Macquarie Bank's wholesale FX business
  • Courtenay House companies wound up
  • ASBFEO intervention sees banks accountable for unfair contract term
  • Gallop International AFSL cancelled
  • GROW Super launched
  • SMSF association merger
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