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Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has added an investment specialist to its distribution team. Josh Hall joins the fund manager from AMP Capital where he was senior product solutions manager for two and a half years. Hall has a range of experience in Australian ...

ASIC seeks to wind up $18m manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... its duties in relation to a number of the schemes." Areas of misconduct include failing to act in the best interests of scheme members, exercise the required degree of care and diligence and do "all things necessary" to ensure that financial services ...

VFMC begins search for new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... investment of more than $50 billion for Victorian public sector clients including the Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme, WorkSafe Victoria, Transport Accident Commission and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has added an Australian pension scheme to its qualified recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) list after slashing the number of Aussie funds from 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns ...

Highest paid industry CEOs revealed

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Australia's most handsomely paid chief executives received eight figure salaries in 2014, the latest research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) revealed. The ACSI 'CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies' report A looked at the earnings ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... trustee in 2013 awarded a discretionary increase of 0.2% - of half the difference between CPI and RPI - to pensioners in the scheme. BA has blasted the decision as "irrational" and even "perverse". The case comes after the airline confirmed this month ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... could deal with "some the most complex [super] systems in Australia" including the NSW state government defined benefit scheme. "It is a deliberate preparation for a 21st century way of administering and processing. This business transformation is critically ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... its currency and economy.A Australia now has access to all three. The Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme allows Chinese investors to trade offshore via foreign fund managers. The deal allows Australian fund managers market access ...

Super gender gap large, but closing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... held by men. "Obviously, several factors are helping to close the gap, such as the gradual impact of the compulsory super scheme, higher levels of education for women, increased awareness of the issue, increased work-force participation and a trend towards ...