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Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
The chairman at a $6 billion Australian infrastructure fund and a former AIST chief executive are being welcomed as executives of a new global financial sector initiative which targets the end of modern slavery and human trafficking. Joining the newly-formed ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... community standards and expectations. Hodge recommended that another failed merger between Catholic Super (CSF) and the Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund (ACRF) did not constitute misconduct. CSF however, may have breached Prudential ...

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

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... added the ultimate purpose of ISA's campaign was to ensure legislation wasn't passed which would diminish the financial outcomes of superannuation members, particularly AustralianSuper members. He said the rationale was members who left the industry ...

Digital advice, fintech firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... strategy of the investment and insurance products group. His SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield founded Vanguard's Australian and Asian operations, and led them from 1996 to 2000. Jeremy Duffield and Paul Rogan's working relationship goes back ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... consumer group CHOICE - then chaired by SCC board member and Sunsuper director Jenni Mack - convened a committee of financial services heavyweights. Later that year the SCC lobbied the Government for a one-off contribution to provide an endowment to ...

Sydney asset manager hires director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... board change affects several ASX-listed funds, including: US Masters Residential Property Fund (REIT); Evans & Partners Australian Flagship Fund; Evans & Partners Asia Fund; Evans & Partners Global Flagship Fund; Evans & Partners Global Disruption Fund ...

Daido Life buys stake in life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Japanese life insurer Daido Life acquired a 14.9% stake in an Australian life insurer in an effort to expand offshore. Daido Life invested $13 million in the newly launched Integrity Group, the owner of Integrity Life. Worth $18 billion, Daido Life ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... ballooning debt, or selling on news. It could be all of the above, including selling on news. According to the Australian Financial Review (AFR) "...in the weeks before the MSCI China A-share inclusion, buying accelerated, with April recording a high ...

ANZ dealer group chief departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The chief executive of several ANZ-aligned advice dealer groups is joining Australian Unity. Millennium3 and Financial Services Partners chief executive Matt Brown has been appointed to lead Australian Unity's financial advice division. As executive ...

Perpetual director joins ING board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... that, she was general manager of national distribution at Perpetual. She was also head of marketing and product at Australian Wealth Management, marketing manager at Citibank Australia, head of research services at Colonial Bank and market research manager ...