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Mercer names platform provider for direct super investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
An ASX-listed investment platform and fund administrator will provide member direct investing capabilities to Mercer's clients and superannuation members. The wealth giant is partnering with OneVue for Mercer Direct, its direct investment offering for ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... faces, including the chair of a $9 billion superannuation fund; the managing director of Australia's largest fund administrator; and a former ASIC commissioner. Former Principal Global Investors chair David Hoare was awarded a Companion (AC) in the ...

ASIC suspends online broker AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
ASIC has suspended the AFSL of an online stockbroking firm until 10 January 2020. Halifax Investment Services had its licence suspended shortly after it went into voluntary administration. ASIC said the terms of the suspension will allow Halifax clients ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... really accentuate the speed of claims processing." The insurer had to work with the superannuation fund and its fund administrator to get client information and build back office APIs. However, the award-winning platform did not use any machine learning ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
The accounts of about 11,000 AustralianSuper members have been the target of a security breach. Australia's largest superannuation fund, with about 2.2 million members, said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... concentrate on its high-net-worth clients. Super enters new digital advice realm July saw giant superannuation fund administrator Link Group upgrade all existing clients to a new digital advice product, giving super fund members tailored digital advice. ...

Adviser exam draft legislation released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... candidate fails an attempt they will be able to appeal for a review only once and a fee will be charged by the exam administrator for this. Completed exams will be marked to a credit level, with candidates to be informed only if they pass or fail. KnowITdigital ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... Throughout 2018 Crescent Wealth appointed Equity Trustees as trustee; NAB Asset Servicing as custodian; Mercer as fund administrator; and bfinance as investment adviser. "Crescent Wealth is growing quickly and has a unique proposition in the Australian ...

Blockchain comes to managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
A global funds network used by 95% of Australian platforms will migrate its entire network to blockchain in May 2019. Calastone expects its new distributed market infrastructure (DMI) to dramatically improve the infrastructure for trading and reporting ...

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... been charging clients fee for no service for nearly seven years - and what APRA did after. In August 2014 a NAB administrator reviewing an internal office holding account discovered that significant adviser service fees has accrued into the account. ...