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Leeanne Turner wins FEAL fund executive of the year

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) chief executive Leeanne Turner has won the 2014 fund executive of the year by the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) and AMP Capital. Turner has more than 25 years' experience ...

CBA, ASIC unveil details of new compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... parallel to the Open Advice Review program and it is addressed at CFPL and FW clients who were included in the Project Harnett scheme and in the compensation program that CBA put in place in July 2012. However, customers included in this process are ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
While Australia's financial services regulators are supportive of the government's plans to cut red tape, they have emphasised to Treasury the need for ongoing resources. The government released eight statements of expectations -addressed at each one ...

Van Eyk suspends redemptions on Blueprint funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... strategy and objectives. Artefact was appointed in July 2012," van Eyk said. As a consequence, VBI has ceased to be a liquid scheme as defined by the Corporations Act. Van Eyk and Macquarie Investment Management Limited, the fund's responsible entity ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... said the FSC would embrace the opportunity and lead the debate on taking superannuation from a world class accumulation scheme to the world's best retirement system. He said superannuation and retirement income policy must be seen in the overall context ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... experts who convened to discuss how the life insurance sector could integrate into the National Disability and Insurance Scheme. It is a powerful opportunity because modelling by Deloitte TouchA(C) Tohmatsu lead by Caroline Bennett their national leader ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... must be well prepared for the impending pilot version of the Asia Region Funds Passport if the long-term existence of the scheme is to be guaranteed. That was the consensus of an expert panel gathered at the FSC's annual conference in Cairns. The panel ...

360 Capital launches AREIT fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... first product under its new property securities business. The 360 Capital AREIT Fund is an unlisted managed investment scheme available to both retail and institutional investors and will invest in a portfolio of ASX listed property and property related ...

SFGA shareholders approve IOOF acquisition proposal

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) shareholders have voted in favour of IOOF's Scheme of Arrangement to acquire 100% of ordinary shares in SFGA. SFGA will now seek orders from the Federal Court of Australia for the approval of the Scheme at the second court hearing ...

Claims against advice arm have no factual basis: Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
Macquarie Group has denied recent media reports claiming its advisers cheated on competency tests and exposed clients to high-risk investments, saying that it would refer the matter to the Australian Press Council (APC). In a statement on its website ...