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Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... media company, including our own, are held to account." "It is patently absurd to maintain a regulatory distinction between local print media, broadcasting and internet publishers and the big internet platforms. Governments should act swiftly to extend ...

Deputy chief executive departs industry fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... Super - will be replaced by Tony Griffin. Griffin was previously chief operations officer of $11 billion Local Government Super. Media Super confirmed Griffin will assume his new post in April. In a statement, the fund said Rooney was instrumental during ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... Wednesday, April 10. Last year, the scholarships went to Natalie Kalouche, head of legal and compliance at Local Government Super; Miriam Herold, head of managed fund research at IOOF; Amy Teh, national manager, strategy and implementation at Colonial ...

Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... thinks members should be able to choose a new default fund when they change jobs. Dean was in Sydney yesterday to brief local ISA members on the Royal Commission and Productivity Commission's recommendations, while in Canberra the Senate pored over the ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... through digital tools, instead of face-to-face advice, but hesitated to call the solution robo-advice. "While I see in the local market the large players - based on the market dislocation that is happening - basically giving up wealth management and ...

Australian Ethical adds operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... chief technology and operations officer for six months. Prior to this, Heng was head of IT and projects at Local Government Super for more than seven years. She has also held a number of roles at FuturePlus Financial Services. Australian Ethical managing ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... followed by AustralianSuper, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Equipsuper and WA Local Government Super. On the flip side, INVESCO, Partners Group, Mesirow and Firetrail won the most mandates. Tying for fifth place was QIC, Colonial ...

Local Government Super chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
The chief executive of Local Government Super, David Smith, has resigned less than two years in the role. Smith joined the $11 billion superannuation fund in September 2017. LGS confirmed that deputy chief executive Donna Heffernan will take the top ...

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Life cycle products saw a median return of 1%, with the top five funds comprising QSuper, First State, Local Government Super, TASPLAN, and Virgin Money. The top five personal products for the timeframe were those offered by Media Super, NGS Super, Statewide ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... comprise nine industry funds and just one retail fund. Hostplus, Cbus, AustralianSuper, Statewide Super, Local Government Super, Club Plus, Media Super, NGS Super and CareSuper would make the grade. FirstChoice Employer would be the lone retail fund ...