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LUCRF Super appoints new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Industry super fund LUCRF Super has appointed Phil Caris as an employer representative to its board of directors. Caris was appointed to the board in May and is a senior international HR professional with 25 years' experience in large and medium size ...

NAB responds to ASIC market manipulation allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
NAB has responded to ASIC commencing legal proceedings for the bank's alleged "unconscionable conduct and market manipulation." ASIC's concerns relate to the setting of the bank bill swap reference rate (BBSW) from 2010 to 2012; the regulator previously ...

Hyperion taps utilities provider for talent

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
Australian equities manager Hyperion Asset Management has appointed an equity dealer to its team. Justin Breen joins the firm from listed utilities company ERM Power where he was a derivatives trader on a $4 billion energy portfolio. His appointment ...

Future Fund gains two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann recently announced two appointments to the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Joining the Future Fund Board of Guardians for a five-year term are Erin Flaherty and Michael Wachtel. Their term began on 3 April 2016 ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
While large Australian institutions such as AustralianSuper and HOSTPLUS are increasingly turning to in-housing of their investment capabilities, the UK pensions industry remains fairly comfortable farming out management of its assets to third-party ...

Former Vontobel star manager sets course for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
A 20-year veteran fund manager who has managed almost US$50 billion is looking to bring his new US fund to the Australian market. Rajiv Jain built his reputation at Swiss fund house Vontobel Asset Management as chief investment officer and portfolio ...

VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation has appointed an investment compliance and risk manager from AIA Australia. Adam Swanwick held the role of compliance manager at AIA from March 2013. Prior to that, he was a senior compliance manager at Financial ...

Perpetual launches Native Title Trust

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
To mark National Reconciliation Week, Perpetual Private has launched a Native Title and Community Trust, which aims to provide cost-effective investment support to indigenous communities with native title determination. The trust is designed to open ...

SMSF accountants seek investment product knowledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
SMSF accountants say their understanding of investment products is low and are calling on fund managers and brokers to service them with further education and support tools. This is one of several key findings in a survey of more than 1100 SMSF accountants ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has announced the appointment of a new director, and it now sees the board have equal gender representation for the first time. Business owner and principal at Quantum Financial, Claire ...