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Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
An increasing demographic shift across Asia presents a significant investment opportunity according to the latest insights from AMP Capital. The new white paper published by AMP Capital associate director Christopher Deves looks at the economies of ...

Bisan buys stake in RE, launches PE fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Bisan has acquired a 40% equity interest in a responsible entity for three managed investment schemes and launched a private equity fund. The asset manager purchased the stake in Endeavour Securities for $600,000 from Linchpin Capital; following completion ...

Deloitte partner moves to Trustee Partners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Former Deloitte partner and #FSPower50 member Stephen Huppert has joined the newly-formed Trustee Partners as head of innovation. Huppert joins a team of seasoned industry professionals including Trustee Partners' co-founder and managing director Phillip ...

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The combined pension deficit of the UK's 350 largest listed companies widened £50 billion ($87 billion) in August, the increase on record. According to data from Mercer, the accounting deficit of defined benefit pension schemes for FTSE 350 companies ...

Inappropriate advice drives disputes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... More than half (55%) of the managed investment disputes involved a financial adviser and 18% involved a managed investment scheme operator or fund manager. Disputes about superannuation made up over one quarter (28%) of investment and advice disputes. ...

Contango appoints compliance officer

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Contango Asset Management has appointed a new compliance and legal officer. Skye Radley joins the manager from Equity Trustees, where she worked in legal, risk management and compliance roles for three years. Prior to that, she was a solicitor with ...

New trustee launches managed investment schemes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
A newly formed corporate trustee and responsible entity services provider is launching two retail managed investment schemes in partnership with Arminius Capital Management. Sydney-based Evolution Trustees is partnering with the Brisbane-based investment ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... to automatically qualify for a Commonwealth seniors health card, which gives them access to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme but that card for example doesn't give them access to a lot of state based benefits," Rundmann said. "In NSW for example if ...

Court approves OneVue merger meeting

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... Diversa shareholders. The expert found that the proposal is "fair and reasonable" and in shareholders' best interests. The scheme meeting will take place on September 20.

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... not a lot of [aviation] employers in Australia," Clancy says. "Many Qantas Super members are still in the defined benefit scheme so what we have is a membership where many people will have healthy superannuation balances by the time they approach retirement. ...