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QSuper hunts for new CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... highlighted Holzberger's contribution over the years, which included building the in-house investment team from the ground up. "He was also one of the architects behind the award-winning QSuper Lifetime, Australia's first two-dimensionally segmented ...

Pension fund names new investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... management process that has become so important to achieving our goals. He knows the complexities of our system and can hit the ground running." Meng has also previously held roles with Morgan Stanley and Barclays Global Investors, and was a risk officer ...

Unlicensed financial adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
ASIC has permanently banned an unlicensed financial adviser found guilty of aiding and abetting a financial services firm that was also unlicensed. Following more than six years of work by the regulator, former Investment Intelligence Corporation director ...

BTFG faces possible union action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... advisers, particularly from 1 January 2019," Kewin said. With the institutions having served as somewhat of a nurturing ground for new advisers over the years, the big question now is where a sustainable stream of new advisers is going to start. "We ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Federal Government's decision to back flip on its longstanding proposal to increase the Age Pension age to 70. ISA deputy chief executive Matt Linden said the peak body for industry superannuation ...

Cromwell operating profit up 3pct, trims distributions

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... was up 3% to $156.8 million. It also said it sees Aussie commercial real estate close to its peak, and is relying on its ground presence in Singapore and 12 European countries to find the right exposures to diversify into Asian capital flows and European ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
Australia's biggest bank is set to deliver the world's first blockchain bond, in partnership with the World Bank. Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will deliver the first bond in the world to be created, allocated, transferred and managed using blockchain technology. ...

One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The prudential regulator cautioned against the use of a sole measure to determine whether an underperforming superannuation fund should retain MySuper authorisation. In its latest submission to the Productivity Commission on superannuation's competitiveness ...

Advisers name top platform provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... in the number of small licensees, he said. "AMP and the banks could often afford to have technology support staff on the ground, resulting in a 'sticky' adviser for the incumbent technology providers. There are now over 8000 practices in Australia ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... not easy and it's not yet time to see what the consequences on monetary policy of all this can be but there's no ground to be optimistic on that..."What's the effect on confidence? What's the effect on business investment? There are lessons ...