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SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
SelectingSuper has rejected the reported assertion that super funds with less than $5 billion in assets should be required to merge. In was reported in Fairfax media this morning that a major superannuation research group has said that funds below this ...

LUCRF investment head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
LUCRF Super head of investments Martin Drew will leave the fund on August 21. Drew made the decision in light of his wife's deteriorating neuropathic disorder. He said leaving LUCRF will enable him to provide her full-time care. "It's sad to see a talented ...

Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Responsible entity and trustee service provider Fundhost has appointed a new joint chief executive. Drew Wilson was previously head of sales for the fund administrator, a position he took on in 2011. Prior to that, he was principal analyst at Turnstone ...

Capstone/BGL to deliver online AFSL authorisation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Capstone Financial Planning and SMSF administration services provider BGL are partnering to deliver online Australian Financial Services Licence authorisation to accountants. The partnership will enable BGL clients to apply online for an AFSL via a ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
QIC has raised $1 billion in new capital for its unlisted Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF), reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
IOOF chair Roger Sexton has called for Government to provide further funding to ASIC so the regulator can handle whistleblowers more efficiently. Speaking at the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of financial advice hearing in Sydney ...

FPA awards open to submissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has opened its 2015 awards to submissions. In addition to the FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year, FPA Financial Planner AFP of the Year, and Future2 Community Service awards ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Common misunderstandings about the interplay between superannuation and the age pension are driving public uncertainty about Australia's retirement income system. This is the conclusion of the Super Reality Check report developed by Vidler Policy and ...

Dalton Nicol Reid boosts investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Dalton Nicol Reid has appointed a new member to its investment team. Scott Kelly joins the boutique equity manager from Morgan Stanley, where he was an executive director. He has also held the same position at UBS, along with other roles at Wilson HTM ...

Standard Life expands Asia investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Standard Life Investments has appointed two multi-asset investment directors. Based in Hong Kong, Jason Yu (previously an investment director at Wellington Management Company) and Dongyue Zhang (previously a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset ...