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Mercer appoints new custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... fund products. NTC replaces NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) as custodian. This followsA NAS losing its mandate with Victorian Funds Management Corporation to State Street in June. At the same time, NAS announced it had retained its custody mandate with VicSuper. ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Top industry funds have embraced the proposal to introduce a third of independent directors to their boards and see it as an opportunity to add skills and improve governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of ...

BNPP IP launches global fixed income fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... BNP-owned Fisher Francis Trees and Watts (FFTW), a global investment management firm with US$51.8 billion ($69.7 billion) in funds under management as at 31 December 2014. The fund aims to deliver "highly diversified returns from independent alpha sources" ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... complied as a Responsible Entity under the Corporations Act. Between March 2013 and July 2014, David Hodgson of Exalt Global Funds Limited was found to have made misleading statements in product disclosure statements; did not keep proper financial records ...

Top industry super funds align with Empirics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Empirics will provide its MarketSuite data analytics program to four of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds who manage more than four million member accounts. AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Hostplus are joining Empirics who will offer ...

Adviser input key to super fund switch: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Financial planner input has become essential for a third of superannuation fund members who want to change funds, the latest Roy Morgan research revealed. The proportion of super fund members who seek advice from financial planners to switch their superannuation ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Processes in administering self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) that previously took a couple of days to complete can now be triggered with the push of a button. Cloud-based solution, Class Super, has launched a suite of application programming ...

QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... considered. Vilgan has been the chief executive for 18 years and oversaw the fund's development and merger of several government funds. Other highlights include transitioning the fund to an integrated financial services entity in the midst of the Global ...

HUB24 doubled FUA in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
HUB24's investment and superannuation platform doubled its funds under administration during the year to June 30, 2015. Funds under administration were $1.7 billion, up 100% from the year before and 14% more than the previous quarter. The platform also ...

New lifecycle and infrastructure options at Hostplus

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... administrative burden. Choiceplus members are able to invest directly into companies in the S&P/ASX 300 Index, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) covering developed, emerging and commodity markets and term deposits.