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Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
The Actuaries Institute has called for the Federal Government to go further than defining superannuation and complementary objectives for the Age Pension and the mandatory superannuation guarantee. Releasing its submission Treasury on super's objective ...

Blue Sky takes alternatives to the next level

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Blue Sky Capital Venture has invested in US plus-size fashion brand ELOQUII as part of a $19.8m series B funding round. The $19.8m ($15m USD) Series B funding is financed by Blue Sky Venture Capital, Wildcat Capital Management, Greycroft Partners, Daher ...

Equity Trustees head resigns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Equity Trustees head of asset management Paul Kasian has resigned, his resignation will take effect immediately. Lance Pupelos, current head of cash and fixed income, will take over as interim head of asset management. Commenting on the resignation ...

Industry veteran departs Energy Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Retiring Energy Super director Bob Henricks will be replaced by electricity industry veteran Peter Duffy after the former announced he will be leaving the $6bn fund. Henricks retires with a legacy at Energy Super after serving 21 years on the board ...

National Seniors chief steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... National Seniors in 2006, promising to stay for five years. We are fortunate that he has stayed in the job for nearly a decade," said National Seniors chair David Carvosso. "He goes with our good wishes sure in the knowledge that he has laid down strong ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... in Australia. That pivotal moment occurred during the final quarter of 2015, and it reflects a trend seen over the past decade where alternatives mandates move in the opposite direction of equities. According to Rainmaker Information's latest Mandate ...

Melbourne and Perth to receive a $25m arts education initiative

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Initiative is part the $200 million National Philanthropic Fund which was started in 2014. The fund will be active for a decade until the end of financial year 2024 and will be used to help provide young Australians access to a better education, more ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
US industry groups have hit back at a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to try to limit investors' exposure to risk. In December Mary Jo White, the chair of the US corporate watchdog said a funds' use of certain instruments can ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... authorities as well as industry associations. Honda joins from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities, where he has spent a decade in a number of roles including chief product officer, head of marketing and product development and, most recently ...

Super flagged to repair Australia's budget

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has put forward five options for repairing the federal budget balance by 2018, two of which centre around superannuation taxes. CEDA's first budget repair option includes a progressive super ...