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Fix super for indigenous Australians: KPMG

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Superannuation policy should be reformed to promote the economic wellbeing of indigenous Australia, argues KPMG in a new report. The professional services company said indigenous Australians face unique issues when participating in Australia's compulsory ...

Doubts over Link bid for Pillar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission believes the sale of Pillar Administration to Link Group would reduce competition in superannuation. The commission said the sale would entrench Link's dominant position in super administration, resulting ...

Aussie government bond flaunts confidence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Oversubscription to the Australian government's 30-year bond demonstrates both foreign and domestic confidence in the country. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the bond raised $7.6 billion from investors and the historic issue attracted bids totalling ...

MTAA awards $330m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... large cap, long-only Australian equities offering targeting outperformance across all market conditions. Head of institutional business at Ausbil Ross Youngman said the mandate win strongly reflected Ausbil's commitment, team, process, performance and ...

Magellan flags risk plan for Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Magellan chairman Brett Cairns has publically addressed the risk of anything happening to "key man" Hamish Douglass, reassuring investors that a plan of succession is in place. Addressing shareholders at the investment firm's annual general meeting ...

ASIC finds life claim rates wildly inconsistent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
ASIC has found a "considerable variation" in denied claims across life insurers, with TPD denial rates as high as 37% in one instance. The regulator has issued its industry review of life insurance claims, and found that while the majority (90%) of ...

Link partners with software firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Link Group has made a strategic investment in a provider of real-time data, budgeting and reporting software. Moneysoft will provide Link Group with these tools to augment its service offering for superannuation funds and other clients. The first suite ...

Nikko AM wins Aussie equity mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... delivering alpha to Australian clients for nearly 20 years." Nikko Asset Management manages about $19 billion for institutional and retail clients across Australia.

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Current Group's specialist global small and micro-cap boutique manager, EAM Investors, has won its first Australian institutional mandate. IOOF Investments has added the fund manager's Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix global equities ...

AIST wants higher concessional cap for older workers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is urging the federal government to retain the $35,000 concessional cap for older workers. As the AIST finalises its submission to the second tranche of superannuation reforms it argues the existing ...