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

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... over default superannuation arrangements. The chief executive of Australia's largest super fund was called to the witness box for the afternoon session on the fourth day of the Royal Commission's investigation into superannuation. Silk, who sits ...

Former NULIS chair faces Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... then went on to explain that plan service fees did not constitute fees for no service. Smith will continue in the witness box tomorrow morning. It is expected AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk will also front the Royal Commission tomorrow.

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside the box. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the June quarter ...

Boutique licensee acquires regional advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
In its largest transaction to date, a growing boutique dealer group has acquired a Mudgee-based financial advice practice. Profile Financial Services has bought onePlan Financial Planning, following an extensive review of potential buyers by the practice's ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A $4.7 billion global infrastructure manager, and an investment consultant to several superannuation funds, has purchased a stake in a Norwegian heating network. Whitehelm Capital acquired a 49% stake in Kvitebjorn Varme AS, the owner and operator of ...

Global regulation hub launched for asset managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... questions of the chatbot before transitioning to a lawyer from the dedicated Global Knowledge Hub team, all in the same dialogue box. "We felt that we had to provide an alternative solution for smaller and medium-sized asset managers, who simply do not ...

Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
Parametric has teamed up with a California-based smart beta and asset allocation specialist to deliver a strategy for Australian institutional investors aiming to top the standard 'black box' hedge fund approach to investing. Systematic Alternative ...

Class streamlines investment solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
Class has made a new functionality available to financial planners to directly access specific information about investments. Under Class' partnership with data and analytics provider Simply Wall St, investors and financial planners can use the functionality ...

$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... proceeds from the divestments towards transformative development of its current shopping centres. These include The Glen and Box Hill Central in Melbourne, Galleria in Perth, Chatswood Chase and Bankstown Central in Sydney. The listed retail property ...

Industry fund increases life insurance engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... platform, seeing transparency the whole way along," Smith explains. "It's effectively lifting the lid on what was a bit of a black box; you'd fill out a form, send the claim in and then you'd wait what felt like forever for a response. With LifeView ...