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Administrator buys Asia-Pacific hedge fund business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... particularly in Asia-Pacific, and supports its 2016 financial year forecast. Recently Financial Standard profiled SuperBPO Michael Houlihan who said there were several exciting announcements to come for the administrator.

AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has given out the 2015 AFA Excellence in Education Award and the Michael Murphy Award. Charles Badenach of Main Street Financial Services has been awarded the 2015 AFA Excellence in Education Award. The award ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about where he and the boutique administrator have been, and what the future may hold. There is a case to be ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... dollars in political donations the Liberal party receives from the financial institutions," TWU assistant national secretary Michael Kaine said. "Industry funds should be held up as the model that all superannuation systems should follow. Retail funds ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... engage with their insurance and use it as a tool to aid that retention." This reflects Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney's comments at the recent AIST Ideas Exchange - Insurance event in Sydney, when he said that his fund "saw insurance ...

VicSuper lets members hold super in their hands

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... extremely high. "As it's not a tangible resource, people don't connect with it as savings," said VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said. "While Australian households are up to their eyeballs paying off big mortgages and credit card debt, super ...

FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... government will facilitate super trustees pre-selecting CIPRs products for members. National Seniors Australia chief executive, Michael O'Neill, said the need for retirement income and superannuation reforms needs to be properly focused. "Particularly ...

SSFS rebrands, launches digital advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... registration. As part of this strategy, StatePlus is using Midwinter's AdviceOS platform. According to StatePlus managing director Michael Monaghan, the change was driven by a decision four years ago that to facilitate growth the business would require ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... insurance premiums are one of the constant battles that face superannuation funds. Media Super deputy chief executive, Michael Rooney, told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event this week that at one point insurance was seen ...

Morningstar nabs senior equity analyst from J.P. Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... focusing on a long-term investment horizon and economic moats. Holmes reports to the company's global head of equity research Michael Holt. Morningstar's former head of equity research for the Asia Pacific region, Joel Bloomer, has taken on a new role ...