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MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
MLC Life Insurance is positioning itself to directly challenge Australia's established group insurers, unveiling a group insurance digital platform for superannuation fund trustees, administrators and members. The latest instalment in MLC Life's $400 ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
AMP Capital appointed three non-executive directors to its responsible entity and trustee boards. John Nesbitt, Ming Long and Peter Rowe will join the AMP Capital Funds Management and AMP Investment Services boards effective July 28. Serving as the ...

IRESS and MainstreamBPO in super admin deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Fund administrator MainstreamBPO announced it will acquire a portion of IRESS' superannuation administration business. IRESS has agreed to divest its superannuation administration business for customer-owned banks and deploy 14 super fund clients to ...

Goodments outshines at WAMTech PitchFest

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Tom Culver, chief executive and co-founder of Goodments, was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. Goodments, which uses environmental, social and governance data to help retail investors screen for stocks based on sustainability factors ...

SuperConcepts expands in Adelaide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
SMSF service provider SuperConcepts is expanding its operations in Adelaide with help from the South Australian Government. The AMP-owned business will receive $1.6 million in funding via the state government's Economic Investment Fund to increase its ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Even though short sellers found it tough to generate absolute returns in 2016, the strategy remains an important source of returns for Australian shares long-short fund managers. A study by investment research firm Zenith found profiting from short ...

Prime Financial Group acquires 35th practice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Prime Financial Group is growing its Queensland presence with the acquisition of a Brisbane accounting and wealth management firm partly owned by a former National Rugby League player. Securing a 100% shareholding in Altezza Partners, the transaction ...

CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute is partnering with a United Nations-backed organisation to determine why investment managers aren't standardising environmental, social and governance factors across all asset classes. CFA Institute, together with the Principles for ...

Macquarie to pay $2m following ASIC probe

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Macquarie, which includes a community benefit payment of $2 million, following the regulator's investigation into the bank's wholesale foreign exchange business. ASIC determined that on multiple occasions ...

MainstreamBPO expands global footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
ASX-listed administration provider MainstreamBPO has acquired a global fund administrator boosting its funds under administration by US$7 billion. MainstreamBPO entered a sale agreement to purchase Irish firm Trinity Fund Administration's operations ...