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Super funds cop governance grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Governance experts have weighed in on the repercussions for superannuation fund executives and trustees after an unyielding fortnight of appearances at the financial services Royal Commission. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steven ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday. First up was Tim Mullaly, a senior executive leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. ...

Mainstream enters SMA market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Mainstream Group is launching a separately managed account investment solution, one which the company says is its official entry into digital services targeted at financial advisers. The SMA solution will be initially launched in Australia. It will ...

NAB CEO apologises over super failures

HARRISON WORLEY, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn took to social media yesterday to apologise on behalf of the group's 34,000 staff for failures identified at the financial services Royal Commission. Speaking about confronting allegations ...

Funds SA appoints chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
The $30 billion public fund manager has chosen a former UniSuper head of public markets to chair its board, while another investment veteran is joining the board as a director. Both spots opened up when former South Australia Deputy Premier and Treasurer ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk told the Royal Commission the industry super Fox in the Henhouse campaign helped win the battle, but the war continues over default superannuation arrangements. The chief executive of Australia's largest ...

Conflict of interest too great for NULIS: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Conflicts of interest between NULIS and NAB Wealth were too great for the superannuation trustee to manage, the Royal Commission has heard today. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge suggested to former NULIS chair Nicole Smith the trustee "simply couldn't ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
NULIS Nominees resisted increasing its spend on investment management, despite opinions from its super fund portfolio manager and asset consultant that its current investment fee budget wasn't adequate to boost the performance of its lagging MLC ...

NAB compensation delays hopelessly conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
NAB found itself in a "hopelessly conflicted" situation by delaying the process of compensating members charged fees for no service in order to maintain profit levels, the third day of the Royal Commission's inquiry into superannuation heard. This ...

Former NULIS chair faces Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
The former chair of NAB's superannuation entities has denied MLC tried to bill other services in order to claim advice fees. Nicole Smith was the NULIS Nominees chair from 2013 to 2018, and she faced the Royal Commission this afternoon as it resumed ...