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Industry fund members targeted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
Members of a $6 billion industry superannuation fund are being targeted by aggressive cold calls pushing them to roll over their super into another fund. TWUSUPER has shared that some of its members have received unwanted phone calls from salespeople ...

IOOF, ANZ transaction gets green light

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... reason to believe that, because of IOOF's controlling stake in OnePath or Oasis, the RSE licensees may be unable to satisfy one or more of the trustee's obligations contained in a covenant set out in the [Superannuation Industry (Supervision)] Act," ...

Culture index launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... organisation can quickly and easily understand current performance against the index," Vohra said. TWI said the index is the only one of its kind in the world that will provide trackable culture indexes for organisations to report against.

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
"Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say 'on one hand...', then 'but on the other..." - Harry Truman The AFR recently published an opinion piece from Kate Samranvedhya - a Bachelor of Science in Economics graduate from Massachusetts ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... good time, we will consider other options, including pressuring them to consider a merger or exit the industry. "However, no-one should be complacent. We expect all trustees to use the heatmap to reflect on the drivers of their current performance, and ...

Super funds snap up local renewable asset

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... Snowtown 2. Palisade has purchased the asset on behalf of investors in its Renewable Energy Fund (PREF), and HESTA, who is one of the firm's direct investment clients, with First State Super acting as a co-investor in what amounts to its first direct ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... split in two - as is widely accepted corporate governance best practice. Just last week, Newsweek ranked XPO Logistics as one of the Top 100 most responsible companies in the US. The company has also been lauded for its use of technology and robotics ...

Advice dealer group rebrands

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Following its acquisition by Sargon last year, Madison Financial Group is rebranding. From March 2020, Madison Financial Group will be known as Sargon Adviser Services, as the Sargon subsidiary continues to incorporate itself within the technology company. ...

Deloitte hires from OneVue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Deloitte has named a new director of superannuation operational risk advisory, nabbing a C-suite level executive from OneVue. Melissa Gomes was previously the chief operating officer of OneVue's Super Services business where she oversaw the firm's acquisition ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
"Oh the weather outside is frightful..." While a "phase one" deal between the US and China appears to be close (again), it's still prudent not to write-off the possibility of a re-escalation in the tariff wars given Trump's recent targeting ...