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SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Self-managed super funds continue to have the lowest fees across all superannuation vehicles, charging an average total expense ratio of 0.82%, latest Rainmaker Research shows. The 2018 Rainmaker Fee Study, which analysed more than 2500 fee options ...

APRA readies ADIs for BEAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
APRA is helping authorised deposit-taking institutions brace for the Banking Executive Accountability Regime, which is set to take effect on 1 July 2019. The prudential regulator released guidance for the smaller players in the banking and finance industry ...

SuperConcepts names new technology lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
SuperConcepts appointed a new chief technology officer, replacing the founder of its SuperMate offering. Currently executive manager of software development, Brad Ackermann will step into the role on 2 January 2019. He takes the title as Kurt Groeneveld ...

Liquidnet appoints Australia head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
The institutional trading network has appointed a new head of Australia after the former head left for Chi-x. Kate Weidenhofer will now be responsible for Liquidnet's strategic direction and its next phase of growth, the company said. She replaces ...

Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
The $1.1 trillion global fund manager appointed a new chief investment strategist for three regions including Asia-Pacific. Wouter Sturkenboom will be responsible for designing, implementing and communicating global investment strategy for the firm's ...

Australian Unity mulls fund takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Starwood Capital Group has made another bid to buy the ASX-listed Australian Unity Office Fund. As responsible entity of the fund, Australian Unity Investment Real Estate received an unsolicited, indicative and non-binding proposal from Starwood Capital ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Just when we thought the times of central bank surprises were things of the past, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought them back. The RBI kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 6.5%, reverse repo rate at 6.25% - at the conclusion of its October ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
The FTSE 100 index fell by 0.4% on September 13 - the day when the Bank of England (BOE) met and announced no change in monetary policy settings, keeping the bank rate at 0.75% (after the 25bps lift in August). While the BOE's move was widely expected ...

NAB combines teams, appoints executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
NAB is merging its customer experience and marketing teams, appointing an executive general manager to steer the integrated function. Suzana Ristevski will step into the role of executive general manager, marketing and customer experience to lead a ...

Government to relax super work test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
The Federal Government is aiming to boost the superannuation balances of retirees by relaxing the super contributions work test for one year. To be able to make voluntary contributions to super, members aged 65 to 74 are generally required to work a ...