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An industry fund vision for retirement comfort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A $9.2 billion industry fund is using behavioural economics to fight the Federal Government's inaction on increasing the superannuation guarantee. Vision Super has trialled a program called 'Save more for later' to help employees of Mount Alexander ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Westpac will farewell its current chief risk officer next year and has named the man to inherit the role. Alexandra Holcomb will retire in 2018 following 21 years at Westpac. For the past three years Holcomb served as chief risk officer and has also ...

Former Attorney General appointed to Dexus board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
A former Australian Attorney General was appointed to the board of Dexus Funds Management following Elizabeth Alexander's decision to not stand for re-election as an independent director. Nicola Roxon, who held the position of Federal Attorney General ...

Ardea appoints retail funds head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
Fixed income manager Ardea Investment Management has appointed a new head of retail funds. Gopi Karunakaran joins Ardea from Saka Capital in Singapore, where he was a portfolio manager. Before that, he was also a portfolio manager at Tricadia Capital ...

Infradebt attracts super fund investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Australia's first 100% fossil free superannuation fund will give its members access to nation-building infrastructure projects like solar farms and social infrastructure with a new multi-million dollar investment. Future Super, which manages more than ...

Whitehelm boosts water investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital poured £45 million ($77 million) into debt issued by a UK water and sewerage company. Whitehelm finalised its investment in a junior loan issued by Kelda Finance, the first holding company of Yorkshire ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
The Financial Services Council rolled out its Life Insurance Code of Practice, along with a new set of standardised medical definitions, on July 1. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies were ...

AxiomSL appoints APAC chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Having recently expanded into Australia, regulatory reporting and risk management solutions provider AxiomSL is welcoming a new chief executive for the Asia-Pacific region. Peter Tierney joins AxiomSL having most recently been regional head of the Depository ...

Nikko AM restructures fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
Nikko Asset Management is merging its Australian fixed income division with its global team, which will see the departure of three local staff members. The Australian operation is integrating with the firm's London-based global fixed income team and ...

Life code needs work: ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
The Life Insurance Code of Practice should be expanded, according to ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. Speaking on a panel at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, Kell said that there is still "an enormous amount to be ...