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Fidelity to hire two after head of insto business resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Fidelity International in Australia (Fidelity) will recruit two new members for the institutional business team, in the wake of the departure of head of institutional business Gary Bailey. In a client note Fidelity said that it was committed to institutional ...

OneVue rules out further acquisitions in run up to IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
OneVue chief executive Connie Mckeage has ruled out any more acquisitions as the wholesale SMSF solutions provider looks towards Easter for its much anticipated IPO. Mckeage said that despite OneVue "always looking for acquisitions" in the platform ...

Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
LUCRF Super chief executive Greg Sword will step down after eight years in the role. His last day will be June 30 2014. He informed the LUCRF Super board of his decision this morning in order to provide adequate notice to find a replacement. "This will ...

Treasury Group's FUM up on retail inflows

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Strong performances from RARE Infrastructure (RARE), Investors Mutual Limited (IML) and Celeste Funds Management (Celeste) has seen Treasury Group's profits climb 30% to $7.2 million in its half year results for the six month period ending 31 December ...

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
AUSCOAL Super has awarded a new dynamic currency hedging strategy mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) that will allow AUSCOAL Super's investment team more involvement in the portfolio'sA currency management. SSgA has been managing currency ...

Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll has called for a full parliamentary debate for the government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. "We need a proper parliamentary debate rather than force changes ...

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has no plans to prevent financial planners from providing advice for self-managed superannuation funds with balances under $100,000. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The changes to the deeming rules for account based pensions look likely to be passed by the Parliament this year, with SPAA warning SMSF trustees to be prepared despite the lack of available information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The government's re-introduction of measures that allow for more flexible penalties for trustees who breach rules has received general support from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Speaking at the 10th SPAA SMSF National Conference ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has ruled out a full review into limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs), but emphasised that licensing is necessary. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane today, Sinodinos said that ...