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Rubinsztein leaves CBA, joins industry fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... record of successful product innovation and strategy development, along with her longstanding contribution to policy advocacy and the evolution of the industry are well known." "This positions her to immediately make a powerful contribution to UniSuper ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... engagement," Fitzpatrick said. ASIC's current role in regulating retirement income products primarily relates to the advocacy of product disclosure documentation, marketing and promotional material and through the regulation of financial advice. Fitzpatrick ...

Bendigo wealth earnings fall 20pct despite acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Bendigo's acquisition of an 11% stake in Future Super in September 2014. Future Super was launched by former leader of advocacy group GetUp and is Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund. Bendigo's MySuper product Smart Start Super saw ...

Apogee partners with CoreData to improve client experience

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... that working with CoreData will enable Apogee to provide better services to advisers to improve client engagement and advocacy. "Apogee grew up as a broker representative so the core network is very client-centric," he said. "There aren't many advisers ...

Class appoints three board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Group Limited and mPort. Quinn is also involved in a number of not-for-profits and is on the board of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Australian Business and Community Foundation. He is a chartered accountant. Bungard joined Class in 2009 ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... affairs and investment at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Bond will be responsible for ASFA's advocacy with federal parliamentarians and for policy issues affecting the economy and investments. The FSC has not replaced Bond ...

CSSA guided by new name and code of conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... "We believe our new name better reflects the type of work our members actually do with employees, including education, advocacy and employee empowerment," he said. "In the past, we were sometimes mistaken for an association of corporate super funds when ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) external advisory panel. Her previous role was chair of Australian consumer advocacy group Choice where she created the Superannuation Consumers' Centre. Mack also holds directorships with Food Standards ...

SEC and FINRA issue robo warning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... group of web-based tools that include robo-advisers. The warning, prepared by the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), was released on 8 May 2015. Automated investment tools include ...

Young investors happier with advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... advisers are doing a good job of taking care of entry level investors. Market factors may also explain the high levels of advocacy among investors. Notably, the ASX 200 showed gains for much of the period since the last survey. During this time investors ...