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Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
How superannuation funds meet the constant need to fund longer member retirements is presenting significant challenges for executive teams in board rooms across the country. Apart from ongoing regulatory reform there are other forces at play which are ...

NAB Asset Management appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... managing director of SSGA Australia. "The NAB Asset Management team already has a significant footprint in the Australia funds management industry through its investment management and asset consulting capabilities, and I'm looking forward to helping ...

StatePlus talking to super funds of all sizes

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
StatePlus is looking to grow its financial planning business, beginning new discussions at several funds about outsourcing advice. At a time when StatePlus is completing its $50 million digital transformation and super funds, as well as banks' wealth ...

Funds SA chair departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
The South Australian government will be announcing a new Funds SA chairman within the next month after Helen Nugent announced her departure on Friday. Nugent will step down on 8 December 2015, and after 15 years as chairman of Funds SA. During this ...

Financial services firms acquire $1bn Technology Park

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... community space. As part of the Mirvac Group, Centuria Capital will acquire a $104 million of the ATP development. Centuria funds already wholly-own the Channel Seven building within the ATP premises and this new investment will increase its ownership ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... faces a complicated recalculation and also punitive non-deductible charges," Carnell said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes reducing the harshness of the super guarantee charge (SGC) should only occur if additional ...

Northern Trust appoints head of hedge funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
Northern Trust has announced a new head of hedge fund services for Asia-Pacific, aligning with an evolving service demand in the hedge fund industry. The internal move sees Ali Sheikh appointed to the Asia-Pacific role. He was most recently a senior ...

Digital evolution highlighted at AIST awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... annual Awards for Excellence. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said this year's awards demonstrated that not-for-profit super funds are becoming much more sophisticated in their analysis of data to deliver tailored campaigns and engage with their members. ...

ASIC charges unlicensed SMSF loan provider

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... to ASIC's statement, he promoted loans based on the "illegal early release of superannuation" through self-managed super funds between 2010 and 2012. Under Ross's scheme, clients would transfer superannuation into new SMSFs, which would then "loan" funds ...

Goldman Sachs calls time on BRICs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... Russia and Brazil are in recession and China is slowing its growth. According EPFR Global research quoted by Bloomberg, funds investing in BRIC countries have seen US$1.4 billion ($1.9 billion) outflows during the year to November 4, and US$15 billion ...