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Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has launched a campaign for defined benefit pensioners who received a shock in their first 2016 Age Pension payment. On behalf of DB pensioners CPSA is proposing to write to federal Treasurer ...

OneVue appoints fund services head from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
OneVue has appointed a head of its fund services business. Richard Harris-Smith joins OneVue from J.P. Morgan, where he was head of product solutions. Prior to that, he was a commercial director at CLS Group. At OneVue, Harris-Smith will manage all ...

Advisers recommending imputation bonds to sidestep will worries

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
Advisers are increasingly recommending that retiree clients use imputation bonds to safely deliver bequests to beneficiaries, according to Austock Life head of IFA product and relationships Richard Atkinson. Imputation bonds differ to traditional entitlements ...

HESTA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
HESTA has appointed a new director, replacing Richard Royle, who announced his resignation in November 2015. Daniel Sims joined HESTA on January 1 and is the nominee for the Australian Private Hospitals Association. Currently he is chief executive at ...

ING DIRECT announces new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
ING DIRECT Australia will have a new chief executive from June as Vaughn Richtor announced his retirement from the country's sixth largest retail bank today. Richtor will also retire as chief executive of ING Retail Banking Asia. He will continue to ...

AMP names directors to lead revamped SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
AMP has named the board to lead its revamped self-managed super fund (SMSF) business, which will be known by the new name, SuperConcepts. The company said the name incorporates the range of services the business now offers including SMSF administration ...

ASIC bans former Macquarie planner

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
ASIC has given a former Macquarie Equities employee a three-year ban. Ben Rickman was found by the regulator "not to be adequately trained or competent to provide financial services," having done so as a Macquarie Equities representative from 2012 to ...

Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has announced it is introducing professional indemnity products in Australia, including one for financial planners. The new policies are Executive First Directors & Officers Liability ...

Australian Catholic Superannuation nabs Sunsuper CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Australian Catholic Superannuation has appointed a new director to its board. David Hartley joins the $7 billion fund from a 10-year stretch as Sunsuper's chief investment officer. Prior to that, he was director, investment consulting at Russell. He ...

NAS searching for new EGM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) chair and National Australia Bank (NAB) general manager David Knights has been appointed as the acting head of NAB's Asset Servicing business. The appointment follows the resignation of NAS executive ...