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First State Super announces key appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
The $100 billion super fund announced Sarah Forman and Peter Chun will join the executive team. Forman will take up the role of group executive advice this month, while Chun has been appointed group executive member growth from January 2020. Forman ...

Platinum global shares fund to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
Platinum Asset Management is set to bid farewell to one of its funds, after a year of outflows. The MLC Investment Trust MLC Platinum Global Fund was closed to new investments in 2004. It is now headed for a termination, after a decision taken by MLCI ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
An industry group has lashed out at the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life ...

Research budgets shrink at UK asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Asset managers in the United Kingdom have shrunk their research budgets by up to 30% but are delivering millions in benefits to investors, according to the UK financial authority's review of MiFID II. The Financial Conduct Authority yesterday published ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
The Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration Bill 2019 was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday but the industry believes the timeline for doing so will leave Australians worse off. Passing yesterday, the legislation will see the banning ...

AFCA ombudsman addresses adviser concerns

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
AFCA ombudsman Shail Singh has addressed common adviser concerns regarding the authority's introduction of legacy complaints. Speaking at a recent Financial Planning Association of Australia event, Singh said AFCA will apply the standard of the relevant ...

IFM Investors executive departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
An IFM Investors executive director has left the company, five months after the company paid $493,000 to settle sexual harassment claims made against him by a former associate on his team. Frederic Michel-Verdier's last day with IFM Investors was ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The prudential regulator confirmed a "traffic light" system aimed at weeding out underperforming superannuation funds is currently in the works. Deputy chair Helen Rowell flagged APRA is developing a heat map based on four key areas -investment returns ...

Government extends FASEA deadlines

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
The Federal Government has extended the deadlines for financial advisers to pass the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's exam, as well as meet its qualification requirements. Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation ...

Future Fund returns 11.5%, crosses $160bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Australia's sovereign wealth fund returned 11.5% in the year to June, with chair Peter Costello likening the returns to that of a "high growth" superannuation option but with much lower risk. The Future Fund now manages $162.6 billion, after adding ...