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TCorp chair steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
The chair of TCorp will retire from the board at the end of September. Philip Chronican will retire from the TCorp board, having been on a leave of absence since March this year after he was appointed to the role of interim group chief executive for ...

Consolidation hits super fund administrators

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Two major fund administration providers are feeling the pinch of the new superannuation reforms. Link Administration told shareholders that the new Protecting Your Super Package laws will impact its earnings and operations in the 2019 financial year. ...

OneVue, Mainstream automate cross-platform transfers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
OneVue and Mainstream Group have partnered with Calastone to help financial advisers seamlessly move assets from one platform to another. The process enables the transfer of beneficial ownership of securities from different custodians without having ...

NZ Super dumps guns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Hot on the heels of the passage of new gun laws in New Zealand, the NZ Super Fund has divested all companies involved in the manufacturing of automatic and semi-automatic weapons. The fund confirmed companies involved in the manufacture of civilian ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
The Government's signature superannuation legislation passed through the Senate, but not without victims. Last night the Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 passed the Senate after a deal was struck with the Greens ...

Mainstream board loses former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
A former ASIC senior executive resigned from the board of Mainstream Group. The firm has also released its half-year financial results. Financial services veteran Lucienne Layton will step down from her role as non-executive director on 15 March to ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Only two retail super funds made the top 10 in a Roy Morgan list that measured how satisfied members felt with their fund's financial performance. The two retail funds to make the list were Asgard and Macquarie and they were below the average satisfaction ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Two listed investment companies will merge to create an $885 million single entity. WAM Leaders (WLE) is set to acquire 100% of Century Australia Investments (CYA), a LIC that primarily invests in the S&P/ASX 300 and has $97 million is assets. CYA aims ...

Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
A former Qantas Super portfolio manager is taking on the role of Morningstar Investment Management's chief investment officer for Asia Pacific. Matt Watcher will start in the role in late January 2019, based out of Sydney. He takes over from current ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...