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Super funds embrace derivatives to meet retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... for more retirement-focused products grows, the latest Milliman survey shows. Milliman head of fund advisory services Michael Armitage said as financial planning shifts to more goals-based advice, more protection strategies are being employed to improve ...

ASFA disappointed in Royal Commission scope

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... that is serving Australians tremendously well." Addressing the 2017 ASFA Conference in Sydney on Wednesday, ASFA chair Michael Easson said that the greatest threat to Australia's $2.5 trillion superannuation system is regulatory overreach and strangulation ...

New ASFA board announced

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Corporation will join the board as a retail fund representative and a public sector fund representative respectively. ASFA chair Michael Easson said Howes and Carrigy-Ryan would bring a wealth of industry experience to the board and ably assist the association ...

Praemium solution signs first client

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... significant cost and time savings, freeing up time to focus on value-added services for clients. Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian said the rise of managed accounts platforms is disrupting the use of collective structures, such as managed funds ...

Superannuation fears regulatory strangle: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... red tape. This was the takeaway message from Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) independent chair Michael Easson in his opening address at this year's major conference in Sydney. Being careful not to criticise what he described as ...

New investment consultant for $2bn industry fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... consultants, cultural alignment and the strength of the team put forward to service the fund," Rice Warner senior consultant Michael Berg said. Frontier Advisors will commence work with AvSuper in January 2018.

QIC receives $200m green loan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... respected organisations to assist us in the delivery of programs designed to achieve industry best-practice." Fund manager Michael Fattouh added that the fund is commencing work with the CEFC to understand potential pathways to achieving net zero carbon ...

CountPlus appoints CFO after executive search

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... member firms as part of a strategic review. The group noted that a member firm, Twomeys, underwent a restructure with Michael Twomey appointed as managing principal of the reshuffled business. Countplus also fully divested its Wagga Wagga-based business ...

Perth planner named Professional of the Year

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Perth-based Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisers, hailed as the most outstanding practice with long-serving employee Michael Hayward taking home the coveted FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award. Hayward, a private client ...

Netwealth lists on ASX

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... and we are delighted to have brought it to market." Speaking at the bell ringing ceremony today, joint managing director Michael Heine said: "When we started 17 years ago, we thought we knew where we were going and how we were going to get there. We ...