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AustralianSuper boosts digital capabilities for engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Australia's biggest industry superannuation fund is seeing greater member engagement by way of its recently launched chatbot and new in-app messaging capability. Having launched in December 2017, AustralianSuper's partnership with digital messaging ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Perhaps it's being drowned by the ongoing Trump/Xi "my tariff is bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, or the Trump/Stormy Daniels alleged dalliance, or the alleged Trump/FBI raid on the offices of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen... but whatever it ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Trump and Xi's game of tariff poker goes on. Whether it's Trump's "art of the deal" tactic or a true blue (fallacious) plan to make "America Great Again," only Trump knows - problem is, China's Supremo isn't blinking. To be sure, the prospect of an ...

MySuper growth leads industry

KANIKA SOOD, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
MySuper products now have more than $635 billion in assets and account for about one-quarter of Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system. Rainmaker's latest MySuper report shows the sector is growing at twice (19%) the pace of overall superannuation ...

Contango restructure sees reduced headcount

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... three-person team in Melbourne, though, because you need to be present in both Sydney and Melbourne, and Melbourne is still a big part of what we're doing," he said. While he couldn't add further details, Switzer said Contango will be putting a new distribution ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... group Dover will also appear. Preceding this, case studies provided by the financial planning arms and subsidiaries of the big four banks and AMP will be presented to the Commission. Running from Monday, 16 April to Friday, 27 April, the second round ...

New insurance lead at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
An $89 billion industry superannuation fund is welcoming a new head of insurance. David Evans has joined First State Super, replacing Sarina Aarons in the role. "David has extensive experience within insurance holding both executive and senior positions ...

Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
APRA released its 2017 superannuation fund level statistics and it shows that of the 170 funds included in their report, less than half experienced growth in net new membership. Reinforcing the growing dominance of not-for-profit super funds, they accounted ...

Asia Region Funds Passport legislation tabled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Legislation to implement the Asia Region Funds Passport Bill was tabled in Federal Parliament yesterday but the Financial Services Council said there is still work to be done. Minister for Financial Services and Revenue Kelly O'Dwyer described the initiative ...

Pengana recruits former AFL player

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Pengana Capital Group is boosting its Melbourne distribution team with two new hires. The first, Broc McCauley, joins Pengana as business development manager, responsible for servicing dealer groups, researchers, platforms and advisers in Victoria ...