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EQT reveals slight profit slide

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016

Equity Trustees has released its interim 2016 results, revealing a slight 8.6% decline in net profit after tax to $7 million. Equity Trustees chairman Tony Killen attributed this to "a number of substantial one-off projects along with the amortisation ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER | TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016

Renee McGowan is fluent in Indonesian and has worked in over 30 countries during her career. As Mercer chief customer and marketing officer, she has become the organisation's custodian of customers. McGowan admits she had a fairly accidental entry into ...

Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016

Superannuation policy decisions must be taken out of the Budget and election cycles to prevent a drop in confidence in the system. That was the shared view of a panel of policy experts at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide that included ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016

Superannuation funds have been ramping financial advice services but they are not likely to enter the underdeveloped estate planning market in the near future. This is the view of advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney which recently began its own estate ...

FSC elects new board member

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has elected a new board member from one of Australia's largest insurers. TAL group chief executive and managing director Brett Clark, who also co-chairs the FSC's life board committee, will step into the role. "Brett ...

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

Giant Australian investment manager QIC has signaled further acquisitions in the US following its joint-venture purchase of Westchester's Ridge Hill retail shopping centre in New York. QIC announced the purchase of a 51% stake in the shopping centre ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016

Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016

The Governance Institute of Australia is proposing superannuation members at not-for-profit funds be given the right to vote for trustee directors as a solution to the governance debate. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steve Burrell ...

Pillar hires change specialist

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016

A new executive role has been created at Pillar Administration as the firm searches for a buyer and continues what has been labelled "one of the most sophisticated transformation projects" in Australia's finance industry. Joining Pillar as executive ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016

As active fund managers warn about exposure to index trackers amid a January market route, Vanguard group chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb has hit back. Super funds, asset managers, economists and academics alike have said investors must expect ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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