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Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
If the Productivity Commission's recommendation of a best-in-show list was introduced tomorrow, which super funds would make the cut? If performance were the key metric used to determine which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
APRA chair Wayne Byres said the prudential regulator still hasn't locked in how it will enforce the BEAR regime if a bank executive breaches it, five months on from the change. Continuing his testimony on the Royal Commission's final day, Byres told ...

TCorp finalises restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... building and managing institutional investment portfolios. Prior to that, he worked at Aon, J.P. Morgan and BT Financial Group. Tom Gillespie is TCorp's new senior manager portfolio risk. He is the former head of research at Aurora Funds and director ...

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The latest quarterly statistics from the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal give a small insight into the workload that will face the Australian Financial Complaints Authority come Thursday. Closing to new complaints tomorrow, the Superannuation Complaints ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) starts its two-day monetary policy meeting today and it's not about to give financial markets a Halloween spook when it announces the policy board's decision tomorrow. Monetary policy settings will remain unchanged - ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
An ageing population is placing increased pressure on the Australian government as the nation's ability to ensure individual's retirement is both adequate and economically sustainable is diminishing. Australia has slipped down the ranks of the ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors. The Impact Suite collects data on about 56,000 not-for-profits (NFP) and charities. The free version launched in ...

Magellan names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Hamish Douglass is stepping down as chief executive of Magellan Financial Group, with his successor named. Currently executive chair of Magellan, Brett Cairns will assume all operational duties, effective tomorrow. He and Douglass will effectively swap ...

Sargon grows executive lineup, launches fintech solutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... administrators, trustees and brokers. Arcadia is a collaborative workspace that helps manage this coordination," Sargon head of product Tom Merrett said. "On Arcadia, updates and workflows move dynamically through AI-assisted processes, providing users ...

Financial planning needs more women: FPA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is calling for greater gender balance in financial planning, citing increased consumer demand for female planners. In a release, the association said the proportion of women in financial planning ...