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ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation has appointed an investment compliance and risk manager from AIA Australia. Adam Swanwick held the role of compliance manager at AIA from March 2013. Prior to that, he was a senior compliance manager at Financial ...

First Quadrant liquid alternative strategy added to HUB24

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
First Quadrant's Global Alternative Return Fund has been added to the HUB24 platform. The fund is a liquid alternative strategy investing in developed currency markets, aiming to deliver positive returns over full market cycles. It's available to wholesale ...

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
Self-employed Australians are among those most in need of financial advice with new research showing about one-quarter does not have superannuation. About 10% of Australia's workforce is self-employed and although it is not compulsory for them to make ...

SMSFs granted ATO extension over LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
An extension for self-managed superannuation fund trustees to ensure their Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements are "an arm's length" dealing has been welcomed by the SMSF Association. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said the seven ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has announced the appointment of a new director, and it now sees the board have equal gender representation for the first time. Business owner and principal at Quantum Financial, Claire ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
There are tough first days on the job, and then there are those where you show up to the office having been handed the most significant reform package for your industry in 20 years. That was what faced Sally Loane when she took the reins at the Financial ...

Pinnacle announces latest partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
The latest partnership with Pinnacle Investment Management is an ex-Schroder's small-cap and micro-cap team launching Australian strategies in the respective sectors. Spheria Asset Management, made up of investment professionals Marcus Burns, Matthew ...

J.P. Morgan and Future Fund ties at robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
A pair of former J.P. Morgan executives has tapped the interest of former politicians and financial services executives looking to advise up-and-coming fintechs. The co-founders of automated investment adviser Six Park have recruited former Future Fund ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's "brutally competitive" superannuation system makes it a high-risk prospect for foreign investment managers, according to Cerulli Associates research. The Cerulli Edge - Asia-Pacific Edition, 2Q 2016 report highlighted the aggressive downward ...