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SMSFs outshine industry funds for large balances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Industry superannuation fund satisfaction outranks retail funds in all categories, but failed to beat self-managed super funds when it comes to larger balances. This is according to Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report which found ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund is searching for a new chair as the incumbent prepares to wrap up a final three-year term. David Leggo departs TelstraSuper on 30 June 2019; he joined the board in 2010. The fund's constitution ...

Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
The former head of Willis Towers Watson Australasia will now lead Rice Warner as its chief executive. Andrew Boal takes the post as Michael Rice steps down after 30 years of building and leading the business. Rice remains as an executive and board member ...

Chief economist update: ECB digs deeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
Super Mario's back to doing whatever it takes. When European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi spoke at 'The ECB and Its Watchers XX' conference in Frankfurt on March 27, he concluded his speech emphasising that, "... the ECB will ...

Major advice licensee in possible best interest breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
Extra conditions have been placed on the AFSL of one of Australia's biggest financial advice licensees following an investigation sparked by phenomenal growth in adviser numbers in just six months. SMSF Advisers Network has had additional licence ...

Northern Trust eyes super fund trading desks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
Northern Trust thinks the $2.8 trillion superannuation industry will increasingly outsource its trading functions and it wants a slice of the business. As Aussie super funds bring investments in-house and face greater demands for accountability from ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
When I was an economics student, I never much cared about economic history. What good does economic history offer? The agricultural revolution gave way to the revolution in industry and now... the tech revolt. Surely, things and the way of doing things ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
The $480 million LIC founded by Geoff Wilson that donates a portion of its net assets to charity every year has added two new board directors. Deloitte Partner Stephanie Lai and UBS managing director and head of marketing and corporate communications ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Dallas Fred President Robert Kaplan has been reading my daily rants? That would be too presumptuous of moi but Factset's report that "Dallas Fed President Kaplan (nonvoter) told the WSJ the recent yield-curve inversion ...

Curtain call for JCP Investment Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Boutique Australian equity fund manager JCP Investment Partners is closing its doors and will progressively wind down its funds. JCP said in a statement to Financial Standard it will return funds to clients and its workforce of 21 employees is "unable ...