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Local Government Super chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... $11 billion superannuation fund in September 2017. LGS confirmed that deputy chief executive Donna Heffernan will take the top role in an acting capacity. Smith was the head of AXIS Specialty Australia, a specialist insurance and reinsurance provider ...

Principal appoints Australian country head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... country head for its $4.5 billion Australian business. Principal Global Investors Australia is welcoming Helen de Mestre in the top job. Mestre was previously a managing director, leading relationship management at the firm. She steps into the role as ...

3.5 million Aussies give financial advice to friends and family: Roy Morgan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... asked to provide advice for friends and family also tend to be well off, with 35.9% of financial institution customers in the top 10% of banking and financial product value ending up as "trusted advisers". People with personal incomes over $120,000 and ...

8IP signs on Sanlam Private Wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... investment company, 8IP Emerging Companies Limited. The LIC holds 20-30 stocks with a market cap of $20 million to $500 million. Top holdings include Bounty Mining, Megaport and Cooper Energy. In 2015, Series purchased Sanlam's majority stake bringing ...

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... per annum. Breaking the data down, the median return for single strategies over the 12 months to November 2018 was 2%. The top five performers in this category were First Super, Media Super, NGS Super, Statewide Super and Hostplus. Life cycle products ...

Superannuation reforms splits opinion: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... incited some industry backlash. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the top 10 list has the potential to create an oligopoly in default super and reduce long term competition. The Australian Institute ...

Equip wins $190m superannuation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... after completing the merger with the Rio Tinto staff fund is great recognition of the fund's capacity to maintain 'top 10' investment performance while transitioning members smoothly. "We look forward to working closely with dnata and Qantas ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
It is competition time for Australia's top investment talent as the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards 2019 unveils its shortlist. This year will see investment giants vie alongside small boutiques to take home 19 awards. AMP Capital ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis of three-year returns - as at November 2018 - shows the top 10 would comprise nine industry funds and just one retail fund. Hostplus, Cbus, AustralianSuper, Statewide Super, Local Government ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... superannuation from industrial relations by nudging new workforce entrants towards selecting a superannuation fund from a list of 10 top performing funds. According to the ACTU the change would block working people from being represented in superannuation ...