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Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Hostplus is tipped to become the largest investor in venture capital in Australia as assets are forecast to reach $1 billion by the end of September. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia told the AIST Super Investment Conference that the $33 ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... chief executive of Equipsuper from 2010 to 2016. Press became the first female director on the board of robo-adviser Six Park in July. She held various senior roles at UBS Global Asset Management for about 17 years, including deputy head for Australia ...

Entertainment spend retains members: Hostplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... or any other staff member from Hostplus. She is a Hostplus member, and so are my two children, but that's - let's park that," he said. In relation to members having multiple accounts and low balances, these are "certainly a key feature" of the ...

Ex-industry super fund chief joins robo-adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... executive has joined the board of a robo-advice platform. Danielle Press is now the first female director on the board of Six Park, bringing 25 years' of experience in financial services. "Danielle brings a wealth of asset management experience and ...

Robo-advice users in for the long haul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... robo-advice services for long-term goals like growing wealth outside of superannuation and saving for retirement, according to Six Park. Insights from the automated investment platform show 36.5% of its users are attempting to grow wealth outside of ...

Pacific Current invests $95m in US firm, sells Aussie infrastructure stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... Australian infrastructure manager. The global multi-boutique firm has invested $94.6 million in $4.3 billion manager Victory Park Capital; a Chicago-based alternative investment firm providing private debt, credit and equity solutions. The acquisition ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The SMSF sector, which has traditionally shied from growth assets, underperformed default MySuper investment strategies by 1.2 percentage points in the 12 months to April 2018. The average SMSF returned 6.6% before fees and tax, while the average default ...

Industry fund launches assistant on Google Home

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
One of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds has integrated its virtual assistant with Google Home. Rest has joined its virtual assistant Roger with Google Home, allowing members to ask the device common questions and receive spoken answers. ...

Heffron partnership to offer robo-SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... an automated investment management company to offer a new low-cost SMSF service. The partnership between Heffron and Six Park expands on an initial agreement between the two companies in February, and will allow SMSF trustees to establish an SMSF and ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... online these days. It will be the same with wealth management," Stockspot founder and chief executive Chris Brycki said. Six Park, an automated investment management company says interest in robo-advisors will pick up as investment heavy-weights adapt ...