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Super funds on path to becoming trading pros

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Superannuation funds are becoming better at electronic trading as they increase their in house investment capabilities, Bloomberg Tradebook head of Asia Pacific Tom Kingsley said. "Super funds are becoming more educated in electronic trading and we ...

Independence on super boards should be skills based

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... towards prescription of minimum qualifications for directors. This is based around an analysis of the extent to which pension funds require structural independence on their boards. The research also provides a comparison with Australian superannuation ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... advice services nationally. The announcement comes on top of Infocus now providing its financial advice services to industry funds TWUSUPER and First Super with the former partnership confirmed this week. The new partnership comes on the back of a broader ...

Super mums must focus on retirement savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... finances, indicating the need for a tailored approach to financial education. REST currently has more than $34 billion in funds under management and about two million members.

Government scraps philanthropic donation fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Philanthropists will no longer need to pay fees to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to donate listed shares and managed funds. The Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, which includes Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison and Assistant ...

CBA compensation payments total $79,702 so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... compensation payments of $79,702 at the end of April. A total of 19 clients were reviewing the offer made by the bank (with total funds being reviewed amounting to $248,307). Four other customers had rejected the offer made by the bank and made a counter ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... require banks to hold more capital, or the Volcker Rule in the United States that limits the bank's relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds to prevent them from making speculative investments. The US Dodd-Frank Act, a major regulatory ...

PIMCO appoints former Lonsec CEO

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... to serve our clients in Australia." Prior to joining PIMCO and Lonsec Research, Erdonmez was general manager of managed funds research at Lonsec and head of fixed interest managed funds research at Standard & Poor's Funds Services. He has 22 years of ...

Acadian buys CFS stake, becomes independent

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... distributor of its investment strategies to the Australian retail market. CFS will also remain the responsible entity for Acadian funds in Australia, the firm said. "Our 100% ownership of Acadian Australia means our clients will benefit from the increased ...

Members less likely to switch from workplace funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Members are two thirds more likely to switch their personal super funds than their workplace super fund, explaining why retail wealth groups are ramping up their political campaign to decouple superannuation from industrial awards. Roy Morgan has just ...