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Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018

Federal Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert slammed superannuation funds for not doing enough to engage members and for specifically letting the issue of multiple accounts get out of control. Robert told this week's Financial Services Council policy ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018

Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert announced two major updates to the proposed Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) initiative, one of which is giving superannuation trustees more time to get retirement income strategies in order. Robert ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018

The Productivity Commission has taken a deeper dive into insurance inside superannuation and cast doubt into the sector's ability to help the Government alleviate social security payments. Releasing a supplementary paper to its May draft report ...

ASIC keeps watch on SMSF auditors

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018

Updating its position on self-managed superannuation fund auditors, ASIC said more than 120 have come under the regulator's watch in the five years ending June 30. ASIC said it has deregistered, suspended or imposed conditions on 101 SMSF auditors for ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018

From conventional methods to manage investments to the role of blockchain in the future, an industry panel session debates what business models have the power to disrupt financial services. Appearing on a panel at the SIBOS conference in Sydney this ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018

Life insurance reforms proposed to provide better rehabilitation and early intervention treatment have been scrapped by the Federal Government. In response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' report released ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018

Private equity is poised to overtake hedge funds, becoming the largest asset class in alternatives in the next five years, according to new Preqin research. Preqin predicts assets in alternative investments will hit $19 trillion by 2023, up from $12 ...

Billionaire investor says markets in late cycle but anything possible

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018

Oaktree Capital Management cofounder Howard Marks says the current bull market is in a late stage but it could still go "up, sideways or down." Marks's firm has more than US$120 billion in assets under management. He addressed a media briefing in ...

AustralianSuper consortium renews bid for healthcare company

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018

The BGH Capital-AustralianSuper consortium has made another bid to acquire Healthscope, five months after the company rejected its previous bid. BGH-AustralianSuper is offering to pay $2.36 per share for the private hospital owner-operator. This offer ...

Perpetual partners with Microsoft

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018

Perpetual's corporate trust business has launched a data analytics platform for banks and investors to analyse portfolio performance against Australia's $200 billion mortgage market. The Perpetual Business Intelligence Platform includes a newly-launched ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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