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Disability income insurance an ongoing concern: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... where need be, improvements can be made. APRA recently released topic paper three (requirements, operational risk and outsourcing) and four (investments) to facilitate discussion. Some of the questions APRA poses to the industry include: if the objectives ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... to meet the needs of retired consumers. To this end Pascuzzo said super funds will need to consider partnering and outsourcing strategies. Also speaking at the forum is Challenger chairman, retirement income, Jeremy Cooper. He said Australia's superannuation ...

APRA tells super funds to improve conflict of interest management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... the prudential regulator's recommendations was a call for greater focus by superannuation licensees on administering outsourcing arrangements with related parties to effectively manage conflicts of interest. The regulator reviewed 14 licensees of differing ...

Link Fund Solutions chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... responsibilities as Mainstream Group chief executive. Harrison has been with Link Fund Solutions, formerly known as White Outsourcing, for 15 years. He is a former owner and director of the business which was acquired by Link Group from Steadfast Group ...

Outsourcing driving advice client engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... compliance and admin work that "clogs up a lot of the back office" which drives up the cost to deliver advice, he said. Outsourcing as a solution helps free up advisers' time to enable them to be more focused on their clients, Carney said. He added planners ...

Affordable advice outsourcing at the ready

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
A new partnership will provide financial advice practices with access to a cost-effective, "off the shelf" outsourcing solution to ease back-office pressures. DBA Advisory and financial planning software provider FinPal have joined forces to improve ...

Perpetual GM joins Evans Dixon ahead of IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... Perpetual acquired in December 2013. Cannane was also the Asian chief executive of the Trust Company, managed funds outsourcing national manager at Link Market Services, operations manager at Tower Australia and management consultant at CapGemini. His ...

WTW names APAC corporate risk leader

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... WTW's suite of solutions. "Portfolio management provides our clients an additional way to access our best ideas. By outsourcing manager selection, due diligence, and operations, investors can focus their limited resources while tightening up their risk ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... 1994 as Asia-Pacific head of investment operations and then became managing director of SSGA's India business process outsourcing. SSGA president and chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala described MacNevin as a 20-year veteran of the firm, adding that ...

Fund administrator welcomes operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... Solutions secured a mandate from QVG Capital, marking the new business' first client. Link Fund Solutions - then White Outsourcing - was acquired by Link Group from Steadfast Group in December 2016 and is part of Link's Corporate Markets division.