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Superannuation fund delays custodian swap

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
A $35 billion public sector superannuation fund has deferred its transition to a new custodian, citing heightened short-term risk from COVID-19. Funds SA last July said it would end its 19-year-long custody relationship with J.P. Morgan and move to ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Generation Life's co-chiefs have landed a joint general manager role at Challenger, a month after resigning from their old jobs. Lucy Foster and Catherine van der Veen have been hired as Challenger's general manager for advice transformation ...

SMSF auditors in firing line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
ASIC has cracked down on a number of auditors of self-managed super funds, which the regulator said have failed to meet their requirements. "ASIC has moved to disqualify, or suspend and/or add conditions to the registration of, a number of auditors ...

How much a self-licensee spends on compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
A Melbourne-based self-licensed financial planner has shared how much her practice spends on compliance for every $100 of its revenue. Speaking at the FPA Congress, Angela Martyn of Personal Financial Services said $4.50 for every $100 of revenue is ...

Perpetual Private awards bond mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
A $68 billion global manager has received a sovereign bond mandate from Perpetual Private in a move that will also see its solutions included in model portfolios. Colchester Global Investors won the mandate, which sees an undisclosed amount invested ...

Global firm secures $500m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A global fixed income manager has secured a $500 million mandate from a major industry superannuation fund with around two million members. Payden & Rygel was awarded the mandate from Rest, with its Payden Absolute Return Investment (PARI) strategy ...

Cbus veteran moves to APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A superannuation industry veteran with over 20 years of experience working at Cbus has jumped to the regulator. Angela Thurstans was head of governance (company secretary) and compliance at Cbus and is now risk specialist, governance at the Australian ...

Fidante signs US alternatives manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
An American fund manager has teamed up with Challenger's Fidante Partners to market its funds down under, as it sees Australian demand for alternative strategies rise. Los Angeles's Ares Management Corporation manages over US $142 billion across three ...

Northern Trust to clear high-value payments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Northern Trust has become a member of Australia's High Value Clearing System (HVCS), which clears big-ticket payments averaging $2.5 million for a total of $100 billion every day. The custody bank will now be able to settle its own high value payment ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Northern Trust's Australian business is gauging if exchange traded products could help grow its nascent asset management business in Australia, says country executive Angelo Calvitto. "It is something that we are looking at as part of our broader ...