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Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... equities fund, the Avenir Global Fund, through Fidante Partners. Warner said the launch of the fund to retail investors was a major step in Avenir's plans to deliver superior returns to a wider group of investors.

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
Australia's largest superannuation fund is reducing insurance premiums that will save members $100 million over the next financial year. From May 2018, AustralianSuper and life insurance partner TAL will decrease life insurance premiums by 14% for death ...

Planners vital to closing super gap: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... complex and subject to change as superannuation, professional advice for both males and females has the potential to play a major role in decision making," Roy Morgan industry communications director, Norman Morris said. "Currently 80.4% of males and ...

Retirees force the politics of income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... economist Jeremy Lawson told the 2018 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum that retirees' influence on populism is a major dilemma for asset managers globally. Since the Global Financial Crisis retirees have revised down their income targets and ...

Fund administrator welcomes operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
A former BNP Paribas Securities Services executive has taken on a lead operations role with a major fund administrator. Link Fund Solutions has confirmed the appointment of Justin Christopher as its head of operations. He was appointed in December 2017. ...

Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... team, Mackie will manage investments for clients ranging from individuals to corporates. Having previously held roles at major investment banks in Australia and abroad, Mackie adds further depth and breadth to the team, Connors said. Mackie's 25 years ...

AMP considers "all alternatives" in life insurance portfolio review

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... capability in infrastructure and real estate investment has driven record external cashflows into AMP Capital, including a major contribution from one of our Chinese partnerships, China Life AMP Asset Management," Meller said. He added: "In wealth management ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... differ from the gains in 2017. The global economies however, will continue to perform as well as last year, he said. The major economies, which make up 60 to 70% of the world's GDP, will pull the rest of the world along with them, he added. "As time ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
Australia's superannuation market is the fastest growing among other major pension systems around the globe, a new Willis Towers Watson study shows. Australia's superannuation assets grew 12.1% over the last 20 years thanks to the success of government-mandated ...

La Trobe Financial appoints client partnerships manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
Following on from its acquisition by Blackstone, La Trobe Financial has appointed a new senior manager of client partnerships. Mark Simmons joins La Trobe Financial from Choice Home Loans, where he was a business development manager. Before that, he ...