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Class joins forces with bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Class has integrated with a global bank to satisfy demand from SMSFs for access to international assets. Partnering with HSBC, Class will now receive a direct-connect data feed from the bank's savings, transaction and term deposit accounts in its wealth ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Industry superannuation funds and other institutional investors were watching with interest yesterday as the Federal Government unveiled its infrastructure strategy for the next 15 years. Most significant is the government's development of a freight ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' first report in its review of the four major banks has recommended breaking the big four's "oligopoly" and introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved ...

OneVue hires former YBR wealth CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... role Lawler will take over responsibility for OneVue's distribution strategy, liaising with current and potential institutional, licensee, financial planning and accounting clients. "We are pleased to have Matt join the group executive at OneVue. His ...

ACCC slams Macquarie and ANZ for cartel conduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is commencing proceedings against ANZ and Macquarie Bank for attempted cartel conduct. ANZ and Macquarie co-operated with the ACCC's investigation, and the parties have agreed that the court will be ...

Morningstar hires insto business development head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Morningstar Australasia has appointed a new director of institutional business development. James Louw previously worked at Morningstar from 2008 to 2010 as head of institutional for Ibbotson. After that, he took on a role at Tascorp before becoming ...

WTW senior consultant moves to Vision Super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... our clients, especially her insights on organisational design and governance, which remain high on the agenda for institutional investors." Her appointment follows former senior investment consultant Sean Brereton's departure. He has taken on an investment ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
About two thirds of Australia's largest superannuation funds are yet to embed responsible investment requirements with external fund managers. This is one key finding delivered by the inaugural Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report, released ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
An evaluation of listed infrastructure is becoming ever more difficult as market conditions in the past year highlight how diverse the asset class is, toppled with the lack of a commonly accepted benchmark. In its recent Infrastructure Securities Sector ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes a reintroduction of the super fund governance bill does not pass the commonsense test. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday, Bowen slammed Kelly O'Dwyer's comments about super ...