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Link fund admin chief departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... the business, with Link managing director John McMurtrie stepping into the role in the interim. "For now, I ask our employees working in the fund administration division to operate "business as usual." The fund administration senior leadership team will ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... conditions of claims paid. According to the mental health organisation SuperFriend, about half of financial services employees face ongoing stress at work. SuperFriend's annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey found 47% of financial services ...

Industry funds grows governance, risk teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... profit-to-member funds and for opportunities to take on other corporate superannuation funds looking to transfer their employees into a reliable and proven fund. Both of these activities require depth and breadth of resources in these two specialist ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... opinion of federal politicians considering legislative changes which would affect how employers assign a default fund to employees. "Most employers in our experience want to do the right thing by employees. But, we know with certainty that some institutions ...

Philanthropists should reimagine data management: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... strategy and 78% use social media activities to drive awareness of an organisation's activities. Interestingly, employees are more likely to claim social media is critical for advocacy than board members, although all participants recognised the ...

Equity Trustees responds to GAM suspension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... intends to follow its internal disciplinary processes which it hopes to complete swiftly, further confirming that no other employees are being investigated. Equity Trustees said it is closely monitoring the status of the underlying fund and will keep ...

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... were partnered and university educated displayed higher levels of financial literacy. It was highest among full-time employees and lowest for the unemployed. "There is little evidence of an association between region of residence and financial literacy ...

CBA Group Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... financial analyst from the CFA Institute. CBA Group Super has 75,000 members composed of current, retired and former CBA employees and their spouses. Its MySuper option has returned 6.58% over 10 years, 7.42% over five years, and 6.53% over one year. ...

Government super fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... role for a large part of FY18. GESB, the Western Australian superannuation fund for current and former public sector employees, appointed Ben Palmer as a chief executive earlier this month. Prior to joining GESB, Palmer worked at Schroders' London office ...

Mirae Asset Management hires distribution head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Equity Fund, and the Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund in Australia. The hire takes Mirae's Australian team to five employees. This includes the asset manager's head of distribution Chris Wildman. Mirae is among the largest diversified investors ...