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Boutique fund manager names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
A $14 billion boutique investment manager will welcome a new chief executive and managing director. Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed Sophia Rahmani to lead the business, effective October 14. She joins from Janus Henderson where she was most recently ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has criticised Neil Woodford who famously issued a tearful YouTube apology to investors whose money was frozen in one of his funds. Woodford Investment Management suspended trading in its Woodford Equity Income Fund ...

FPA launches Tinder for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... Match My Planner aims to facilitate open conversations between consumers and FPA members to enhance client trust and communication. "We have built a new tool which is effectively the world's first dating app for consumers connecting with a financial ...

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... narrow market environment and significant underexposure to key large cap stocks in the financials, materials and communication services sectors," he said. Some managers with a negative market view held high cash levels. Additionally, the reversal in ...

APRA endorses review recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
APRA said it welcomes the Capability Review's "ambitious agenda" that aims to shakeup its culture and enforcement powers. Of the 24 recommendations from the Graeme Samuels-led Capability Review, APRA is endorsing the 19 recommendations dedicated ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... "inefficient," particularly when it comes to system efficiency, fees and transparency. It was then slammed for its poor communication of superannuation matters to the public. This means being more transparent by publishing objective benchmarks for superannuation ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
About 67% of superannuation fund members who attempted to engage their super fund in the last 12 months gave up, according to new research. New insights from the Investment Trends Super Fund Member Sentiment and Communications Report shows 67% of super ...

SG Hiscock hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
SG Hiscock & Company has appointed a new investment specialist who will be responsible for fund distribution across New South Wales and Queensland and a new business development executive - both from Macquarie Group. Matthew Potter steps into the investment ...

PYSP communication divides opinion

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... contact centres are being bombarded with member queries. The survey divided respondents as 47% equally believed communication was effective, while the same number said super funds could have done better to inform members. A few days after the July 1 ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Industry funds have widened their lead over retail funds in how satisfied their members are with their fund's financial performance over the last 12 months, according to latest Roy Morgan research. In May last year, 62% of industry fund members said ...