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PIMCO unitholders approve $10bn RE transaction

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... petitioning unitholders to approve internalising RE for all 12 Australian funds. At the time, the RE for these funds was Equity Trustees. The move followed the manager also internalising distribution capabilities from EQT in December 2015. PIMCO head ...

Australian Unity appoints trustee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... part of the team building, Sakellaris has appointed Anna Hacker as national manager, estate planning at Australian Unity Trustees. Sakellaris joined Australian Unity in 2016 and has more than a decade's experience in the financial services industry. ...

Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... released the best practice guidelines for group insurance data. Made up of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Financial Services Council (FSC), the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Industry Super Australia (ISA), the group ...

Cooper Investors appoints EQT, hires retail lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Specialist global equities fund manager Cooper Investors appointed Equity Trustees as the Responsible Entity for two of its funds in the wake of strong adviser interest. The CI Global Equities Fund and the CI Global Equities Fund (unhedged) are now ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... overall aim to develop a Code of Practice/Conduct for life insurance in superannuation and develop new standards for trustees and insurers. In its first discussion paper the ISWG specifically looks at account balance erosion due to insurance premiums. ...

Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... population is female, half of superannuation membership is female yet less than 40% of fund executives are women, 28% of fund trustees are women, less than one in five fund board chairs are women and less than one in six fund chief executives are women. ...

Frontier appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... Frontier Advisors recently welcomed a new director. Mike Radda is currently an employer director on the First Super board of trustees and a member of First Super's investment committee. He has also had multiple roles in the furniture industry, including ...

Trustee Partners hunts GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Trustee Partners is recruiting a general manager to head its Australian operations. The general manager will report to the global chief executive and be responsible for running day-to-day operations of the Australian business, including overseeing the ...

Australian Unity enters trustee services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Australian Unity has launched its trustee services business. Revealed in the group's interim results, Australian Unity Trustees will provide estate planning, trustee, attorney, administration, executor, estate administration, philanthropic and native ...

AIST names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees named its interim successor to Tom Garcia. AIST executive manager, governance and stewardship Eva Scheerlinck will commence in the role when current chief executive Garcia departs on 10 March. In a ...