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eo rebrands as Kinetic Financial Services

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
eo Financial Services has rebranded under the name Kinetic Financial Services. The name change is part of the launch of Kinetic Super - a repackaging of Professional Associations Super, which includes RecruitmentSuper, Accountants Super, Australian ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John Brogden will be speaking at the event. They will be joined ...

Former BlackRock exec to head up new BMO operation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... branch would give Australian clients greater access to BMO's team of asset managers around the world. With mandatory superannuation, McInerney said Australia's pension system is the fourth largest in the world. "Australians have more money invested in ...

MetLife CEO to join Financial Services Council board

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Templeton Investments Australia. The FSC represents Australia's retail and wholesale funds management businesses, superannuation funds, life insurers, financial advisory networks, trustee companies and Public Trustees. The Council has over 130 members ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... working conditions in 'least developed countries' (LDCs), with the release of a paper by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) entitled 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in Supply-Chain Sourcing'. This report coincides with the release ...

Labor completes super agenda with passage of four bills

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The federal government's superannuation reform agenda is complete following the passage of four bills through the Senate last night. Included in the new laws (listed below) was an increase in concessional contribution caps to $35,000 for people over ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... staff in the team to 30, making it one of the largest in the industry. Campbell has over 20 years' experience in superannuation and benefits consulting. She joined Russell in 2009 after 18 years with Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson). Buttler, with 30 ...

BNP Paribas launches dealing services in Australia

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... market. The custodian has launched the service as a response to the increasing demand for outsourced services from superannuation funds who are increasingly making their own investments. BNP Paribas Australia & New Zealand managing director Pierre Jond ...

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... Port Kembla to fund the first stage of construction. Once traffic volumes are ascertained, bonds will be issued to superannuation funds to finance the next stage of construction.

Mercer's new retirement fund puts emphasis on capital growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Mercer has launched a multi-manager fund designed to allow tax exempt investors of retirement age to maximise their after-tax returns. The Mercer Australian Shares Fund for Tax Exempt Investors is designed to maximise capital growth as well as dividend ...