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SMSF expert joins AMP board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Former SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery is set to take a seat on AMP's board next month. Joining as a non-executive director, Slattery will begin her tenure at AMP on February 15. She left a non-executive director position at Centrepoint ...

SuperConcepts names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
SuperConcepts has appointed an interim chief executive, with Natasha Fenech to leave sooner than originally planned. SuperConcepts chief financial officer and general manager of product Adrian Urquhart will take over from Fenech, whose resignation was ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... getting his way - i.e. funding to build a wall. What he agreed to open would be shut again after three weeks - until 15 February - should Congress still refuse him wall money. After which, Trump would use his presidential might to declare building the ...

MLC drops wrap and super admin fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
MLC Wealth chief executive Geoff Lloyd is making his biggest call since joining the group five months ago, slashing wrap administration fees to run one of the cheapest platforms in Australia. Additionally, Lloyd is lowering administration fees for the ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Avenir Capital is looking to win institutional investors for its 'private equity mindset' approach to equities, after previously running capital raised mostly by word-of-mouth. The fund invests in 18 international stocks, with a longer-term ...

AMP profits nose dive, dividends hit

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
AMP is expecting to report about $30 million in profit attributable to shareholders for FY18, dragging down its final dividend for the year to four cents per share. Providing earnings guidance ahead of its annual results slated for February 14, the ...

Will the PC recommendations fall through the cracks?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
Nearly two weeks after the Productivity Commission unveiled its final report, has its push to overhaul the superannuation system fallen on deaf ears? Two legal experts discuss what could happen next. Following a three-year review that produced 31 recommendations ...

Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
A legal expert is warning managed accounts providers of the potential implications the financial services Royal Commission will have on remuneration and product recommendations. The Fold Legal chair Claire Wivell Plater urges financial advisers not ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
BNP Paribas appointed a new Asia Pacific lead for BNP Paribas Securities Services. Mostapha Tahiri will succeed Philippe Benoit as the head of the Asia Pacific business effective February 1. Tahiri will report to Jose Placido, global head of client ...

ASIC seeks new default super partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
ASIC is on the hunt for a new default superannuation fund for employees but smaller funds need not bother applying. In tender documents the corporate regulator specified it will only consider bids made by super funds with at least $10 billion in assets ...