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Frontier hires from UK partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Frontier has hired a senior consultant from its global alliance partner, Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) in the UK. Harry Green was at LCP for five years as lead investment consultant to a range of LCP's defined contribution clients, advising trustees ...

Former adviser pleads guilty over million-dollar super theft

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Victorian-based Ahmed Saad has pleaded guilty after previously being charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception for his role in an illegal retail superannuation scheme. ASIC alleges that Saad, while working as an authorised ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... 2017, Hills allowed or authorised misleading and inaccurate letters about superannuation to be issued to some Aon Master Trust Members. ASIC alleges the letters misrepresented the past performance of Aon MySuper and the timing of when members would transition ...

Two Aussie CIOs on top 100 list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Two Australian chief investment officers made the annual Power 100 list published by Chief Investment Officer. Con Michalakis, who has been Statewide Super's chief investment officer since 2008, was on the list alongside $171 billion Future Fund's ...

Equity Trustees adds new client

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Equity Trustees will provide UCITS services to a newly launched fund in the UK. Gate Capital Group's The Written Fund invests in equities and has an active equity option writing strategy. "We're pleased to have been chosen by Gate Capital to partner ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The government has moved forward with the Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program with a singular registry platform, eliminating seven registry interactions. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... invests in companies providing climate change solutions. It currently also manages the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust, based on Impax Leaders strategy which invests in new energy, eater, waste and resource discovery and sustainable food. Fidante ...

EISS Super, TWUSUPER explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The two industry superannuation funds have signed a memorandum of understanding to weigh a potential merger. If the merger proceeds, the combined fund will have about 130,000 members and $12 billion in funds under management. In a joint statement, the ...

FASEA chair to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... Foundation Investment Company. She is also chair of Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance and trustee of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust. Walter was previously managing partner of Clayton Utz in Melbourne and a director at NAB, QIC, ASX and chair of Eq ...

Include ESG in BFID: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) wants superannuation funds' ESG investments to be included in the proposed Best Financial Interests Duty. The government's BFID wants super trustees to make decisions that are in best "financial" interests of their ...