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Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
If no government is brave enough to mandate one-third independent directors on superannuation boards then funds should at least be accountable to members for their hires via an industry-wide governance code. This view is a key theme from responses to ...

Clients asking planners for margin loans

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
Almost a third of planners (31%) who recommended a margin loan in 2015 said the loan was instigated by the client, according to new research by Investment Trends, up from 21% in 2014. In its eleventh year, the 2015 Margin Lending Planner Report is an ...

New engagement tool for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
A new video-based member engagement tool is expected to provide answers for superannuation funds wanting an online, interactive customer service solution in their increasingly competitive industry. Leveraging off its previous work with Australian super ...

Future Generation LIC appoints CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
The ASX-listed Future Generation Investment Company has appointed Louise Walsh as chief executive for a three-year term. Walsh is already chief executive at the Future Generation Global Investment Company, which is also ASX-listed, and is highly regarded ...

Mercer issues super fund imperatives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
A superannuation industry consultant believes that in 2016, fund investment strategies will need to have a stronger focus on individual members with tailored asset allocations based on demographics. As part of a wide-ranging paper that addresses Mercer's ...

Rising age pension costs unfair on young people: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
The cost of the age pension is growing so rapidly that it risks breaking Australia's intergenerational social contract, warns a new report. The report, 'The myths of the intergenerational bargain' by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), says that ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services wins mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
AIA has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as its OTC derivatives operations provider. Under the mandate, BNP Paribas will provide trade management, collateral management and trade repository reporting in Hong Kong and Singapore. "We have been ...

RBF awards $175m credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF), the Tasmanian public sector superannuation fund, has invested US$125 million ($175.6 million) in Shenkman Capital Management's multi-strategy credit strategy. RBF chief investment officer, Dr Ian Lundy, explained that ...

Link Group happy with Superpartners progress

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Link Group has reported a $4 million loss for the half-year to 31 December as a result of IPO costs but says it is seeing growth in all its revenue streams and is on track to meet its full year forecasts. The $4 million loss includes costs of $26.9 ...

Monash launches absolute return LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Monash Investors has launched an Australian equities absolute return listed invested company. In response to demand from retail investors, The Monash Absolute Investment Company will have a similar portfolio to Monash's long short Monash Absolute Investment ...