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Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... indigenous people live long enough to actually access and enjoy the benefit of their retirement savings. Appearing in the witness box this morning, head of technical advice for the QSuper board Lyn Melcer outlined the actions the profit-for-member fund ...

Failed industry fund merger laid bare at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... union-nominated positions on the merged fund's board, according to Energy Super chair Scott Wilson who was in the witness box this afternoon. "We worked for years to get rid of them all, we are not going to reopen the practice," Fairley allegedly told ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Taylor highlighted his opinion of the gap in the performances of Ian Silk and Chris Kelaher in the Royal Commission witness box. NAB Trustees on whether services are being provided? #BankingRC pic.twitter.com/HYVbfzI4a6 - Tim Mackay ???? (@timqfadvice) ...

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 ...