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Sunsuper expands advice business

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... ITC Limited. He worked at Colonial First State for 10 years and he starts at Sunsuper on January 21. Sunsuper executive general manager of growth, marketing and advice, Michael Mulholland, said these appointments are essential to showcasing Sunsuper's ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... information for seniors around dealing with Centrelink, Age Pension eligibility, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, general healthcare, aged care and elder financial abuse. According to SCOA's 2018 annual report, the decline in membership ...

Superannuation reforms splits opinion: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... disruptive and fails to address the more serious problem of underperformance in the wider super system." On the other hand, BT general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes said the shortlist has merit as it curbs defaulting multiple times over the ...

LGIAsuper deputy chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... the fund in 2006 as scheme secretary. He was appointed to the dual role in 2015. Before joining LGIAsuper, Harcla was general manager of Queensland Coal and Oil Shale Mining Industry Superannuation Fund. He left that role in 2005 when the fund merged ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
"As safe as houses" is generally an expression which means with no risk of failure. The US sub-prime crisis (circa 2008-2009) showed us this is no longer the case. The continued drop in Australian property prices provides a warning sign that it could ...

Best-in-show splits industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... days should be defaulted to one of the products on the shortlist, selected via sequential allocation," it recommended. BT general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes sees merit in having a shortlist. The best-in-show proposal and the idea of defaulting ...

AFSL super options under the lens

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... facilitate assessment of the effectiveness of advisers in meeting clients' best interests," the report said. Take "general" out of advice The same recommendation (8 of 31) has also asked the Government to immediately amend the Corporations Act 2001 ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
I hear ya! US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had already come out declaring something along these lines at his first outing for 2018. Still, it's more comforting to have all the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) put their imprimatur in ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Colonial First State has topped up a Morgan Stanley mandate, as it fine-tunes the fixed interest exposures in its employer super's lifestage options. Morgan Stanley's Total Return Strategy is now managing $134 million for the FirstChoice Employer ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... claimant's dispute by deliberately withholding medical information and delaying the process. CommInsure and the executive general manager of its subsidiary Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Helen Troup accepted it misled FOS in the case of one claimant ...