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Family members greenlit for $60bn industry fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
Following on from obtaining a public offer licence in May, a $60 billion industry superannuation fund is opening its doors to family and former members with a new Personal Accounts product. UniSuper said the move came about as a result of strong demand ...

Decimal signs key partnership with UK consultancy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
Decimal Software is poised to extend their market reach after agreeing to partner with a global creative communications consultancy. The partnership between Decimal and AHC, a UK-based consultancy with operations in the UK, Australia and the US, will ...

Industry funds adopt robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
Two industry funds with more than 75,000 members are the latest to embrace Decimal Software's robo-advice offering. Mercer superannuation administration and Next-Generation platform clients, GuildSuper and Child Care Super, will be able to access digital ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
BNP Paribas Asset Management streamlined its organisational structure through the creation of a new investment group. Merging its teams from subsidiaries THEAM and CamGestion with that of its multi-asset solutions division, the multi-asset, quantitative ...

Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper believes the superannuation industry and its regulators need to address an inconvenient truth: the system is wholly unprepared for retirees. Speaking at the Financial Services Council Retirement Income ...

RG97 to shine a light on passive strategies: Aberdeen Standard

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
RG97 will likely demonstrate some passive investment vehicles aren't quite as cheap as people believe, according to Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Nicholas Bishop. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Bishop suggested ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Superannuation funds' appetite for domestic private equity investments has reached new heights not seen since 2007, a new industry report shows. Australian superannuation funds ploughed $676 million of capital in private equity over the 2017 financial ...

Morningstar secures $337bn portfolio disclosure commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
Morningstar Australasia has received voluntary commitment from more than half of its client base to deliver full investment portfolio holdings disclosure ahead of regulatory requirements. At a Morningstar Australasia investment strategy day in Melbourne ...

Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The Australian Bankers Association and the four major banks aren't doing enough to prevent elder financial abuse, particularly within branches where they are most vulnerable, an advocate group said. Michael Riley, chief executive of not-for-profit organisation ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Following NAB's announcement last week that it would reshape its workforce by cutting up to 6000 jobs, the banking group is immediately recruiting for 600 new, technology-based positions. Seeking specialists in the areas of software engineering, data ...