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Nominations open for 2016 MAX Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
The financial services industry's marketing, advertising and sales excellence awards, the 2016 MAX Awards, will be held on the 23rd of June at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Nominations are now open. The annual event is hosted by Financial ...

International pension fund creates stewardship group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has established a "Stewardship Enhancement Group" as part of an obligation it sees to increase understanding of responsible investment principles. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) recently created ...

FEAL appoints new independent chair

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
The Fund Executives Association (FEAL) has appointed Jane Perry as independent chair, effective August 2016. Perry will replace current chair, Neil Cochrane, who has held the position for six years, the maximum tenure allowed under the FEAL constitution. ...

Retirement income goal would solve super's issues: CSRI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
An agreed income goal for Australia's retirement system would solve issues around superannuation's taxes and default schemes, as well as its cost and efficiency. This is the view in a new discussion paper by the Committee for Sustainable Retirement ...

Reducing concessional contribution caps would hurt: SMSFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said any political move to reduce the ability for people to make pre-tax superannuation contributions would unfairly hurt generations X and Y "who have not had the opportunity to build their superannuation ...

Folkestone A-REIT fund added to BT Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Folkestone Maxim Asset Management has had its A-REIT Securities Fund added to the BT Wrap platform. The addition comes on the heels of the fund being upgraded to 4.25 Stars by SQM Research. It is also available on Macquarie Wrap, Netwealth, Powerwrap ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Sunsuper brings Vanguard CIO out of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Sunsuper has appointed the former chief investment officer at Vanguard to its investment team. George U. Sauter led Vanguard's investment business from 2003 to 2012, when he announced his retirement. He joined the now-US$3 trillion asset manager in ...

ASIC bans former Guardian Advice planner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former Guardian Advice representative. Andrew Moroney worked under the Guardian Advice licence from 2006 to 2014, during which time ASIC alleged he engaged in deliberate "policy churn" - annually recommending clients replace ...

Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Combined Insurance has announced it will cease writing new Australian business on April 22. The insurer said that the decision will not impact existing policies and followed a "detailed review of the company's business operations and growth prospects." ...