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Bennelong appoints distribution director from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... alliance fund management roles and oversaw distribution of FirstChoice multi-manager products. Prior to that, he was an institutional business development manager at Select Asset Management. At Bennelong, he will be based in Sydney and focus on national ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said. "Advice can make a bigger difference to retirement income than investment management," ...

Vision Super calling all low balance members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Vision Super is contacting members with low and inactive balances in a bid to keep their accounts active. The customer retention program is aiming to steer member funds away from the administration of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and consolidate ...

Shaw and Partners appoints another Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Shaw and Partners has appointed a new institutional equities specialist. Darin Lester joins Shaw and Partners from BTIG, where he held a senior institutional equity sales position. Prior to that, he was a division director for alternative strategies ...

Mercer enters new engagement era

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Mercer believes superannuation administration as a record-keeping service is no longer a sustainable business plan and has reshaped its administrative services to "an era of engagement". Launching the Super Genome Project, Mercer has rolled out of a ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... capacity and consistent returns over time. The firm calls it 'alternative beta'. The strategy at the centre of the CFM Institutional Systematic Diversified Trust (CFM ISD), which is marketed and distributed in Australia by Winston Capital Partners, is ...

Super lifetime cap could increase budget costs: Budget Office

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Placing a lifetime cap on voluntary superannuation contributions could actually end up costing more money to the budget, a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) commissioned by the Greens found. The Greens commissioned the report in light ...

MLC takes axe to life insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
MLC has announced it is cutting premiums for two life insurance products by up to 15% as part of a reinvigoration aimed solely at attracting new customers. The premium cuts come into effect at the same time MLC is beginning its customer smartwatch fitness ...

AMP Capital appoints account management head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... for Challenger where she was most recently director, boutique partnerships and marketing. She has previously held institutional sales roles with both Challenger and Perennial and is on the board of IMCA Australia. Keary said: "Marsha will be a great ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be ...