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PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... at the time," Wills explains. His first job in asset management was with New South Wales State Super, the superannuation scheme for NSW government workers. "I learned to do basically what I do now. I ran a balanced portfolio where we had bonds, equities ...

Tasplan and Quadrant to use Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... November. The move will also help prepare Tasplan and Quadrant for a potential merger with the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. The second merger is already supported by the Tasmanian government. Tasplan currently outsources its administration function ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The China Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will give Australian financial services companies a competitive edge that their peers in the United States or Japan don't have. Speaking in front of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... support for a single superannuation fund responsible for the accounts of Tasplan, Quadrant and the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. RBF had $4.9 billion in funds under management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan had $2.5 billion in funds under management ...

Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... superannuation contributions. Wood said 3.6 million working Australians - 2.1 million who are women - currently benefit from the scheme, which is set to be dropped in 2017. Bandt applauded initiatives announced by ANZ A to pay its women employees more ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... benefits to parts of the economy in need of investment but also knock-on opportunities for fund managers specialising in the scheme to get access to investments in China. The new rules stipulate that at least $500,000 of the minimum $5 million investment ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... and the Financial Services Council and Commonwealth Bank release a study on older workers. In equities news, iiNet has a scheme meeting for a vote on the proposed TPG takeover, Atlas Iron is expected to release June quarter production results while Navitas' ...

Member engagement a danger to super savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
A high level of engagement with superannuation savings can lead members to make the wrong move at the wrong time, industry execs have warned. "The joke is that often if you're disengaged with your super, ironically it can be good," State Street Global ...

HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... in Hong Kong are invested in Asia, noted the report. "The launch of the Mainland-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds scheme on 1 July will further encourage growth in this area and promote Hong Kong as a fund domicile and investment management centre," ...