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Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland believes bi-partisan government support is needed for a superannuation objective that makes the retirement income message clear. Kirkland says too often debates occur around super's purpose and whether people's retirement ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Fund administration provider MainstreamBPO has hired a 30-year veteran of the financial services industry to drive its expansion into Europe. To further establish its presence in Europe and the UK the group has opened serviced offices in London and ...

ASIC hands down more permanent bans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP financial planner from providing financial services, deciding he is "not of good fame and character." Rommel Panganiban of New South Wales, an authorized representative of AMP Financial Planning between 2010 ...

Industry must collaborate to defeat cyber threats

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
The financial services industry must collaborate with academics and governments if it wishes to have an impact on cyber threats, according to group chief information security officer at Westpac Banking Group, Richard Johnson. Addressing a panel on the ...

Keep super ship steady in rocky markets: CIO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Kinetic Super chief investment officer Paul Kessell is encouraging superannuation investors not to act rashly in the wake of jittery share markets. Following a loss of more than 2% during Monday's trading on the ASX, investors may question whether share ...

BTIM creates new group executive role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has created a new senior role following the establishment of its global executive committee. Gavin Rochussen, the group chief executive officer of BTIM's London-based boutique asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management ...

EQT appointed RE to newly-launched asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Equity Trustees has been appointed responsible entity to a newly-launched asset management business. EQT will now act as RE for MHOR Asset Management, the business co-founded by former Vocus Communications chief executive James Spenceley, who said ...

Businesses face unprecedented cyber threats: CIA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australian businesses must be prepared for the unprecedented number of attacks to cyber security, according to deputy director, directorate of science and technology at the US Central Intelligence Agency, Dawn Meyerriecks. Speaking at the SINET61 Summit ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
With the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the ...

CSC and Infratil make another co-investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and Infratil have been given the green light to progress an acquisition of Canberra Data Centres - a provider of outsourced data centre services. New Zealand-based Infratil said it recently received Foreign ...