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Zenith awards two funds 'Recommended' ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Research house Zenith has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to two international equity funds. JPMorgan's Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund received the rating with Zenith praising the investment team as "is one of the strongest within the emerging market ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million mandate to a global fixed interest manager as part of its alternatives strategy. The mandate was awarded to Payden & Rygel (P&R) absolute return strategy, which aims to generate returns of 2% above the 3 month AFMA ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... AMP-owned financial planning firm Hillross has handed out its Adviser of the Year, New Adviser of the Year and Firm of the Year awards at a ceremony this week. Sydney planner David Kennedy was crowned Adviser of the Year for his ability to "set meaningful ...

Super modern awards anti-competitive: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) suggests that modern awards are reducing competition in the superannuation industry. FSC's analysis of the modern awards system demonstrates a disproportionate representation of industry, government and ...

Energy Super unveils new chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... was named the nation's favourite super fund after winning the Consumer Choice Award at the national 2014 SelectingSuper Awards.

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... in June. The court case was over the role of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in selecting default super funds for modern awards. The FSC initially argued that the panel that selected funds was biased in favour of industry funds. Then, when the FWC stood ...

MTAA Super awards $200m global credit mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
Industry fund MTAA Super has appointed AllianceBernstein to manage a $200 million global credit mandate. The AllianceBernstein Global Credit strategy is an actively managed global bond strategy with a research-driven investment approach. The service ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... Standard we revisit the big issues that affected the financial services industry this year. We also cover the CIO & COO Awards, the 2014 Selecting Super Awards and the Smileys. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard ...

FSI favours Chile-style default super auction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... default funds for employees, and there would be generally no need to specify default funds in employment contracts, including awards." It went on: "The benefits of this option would not be limited to new workforce entrants. As mentioned, successful funds ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... superannuation fund executives were recognised at the 2014 Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Awards held in Melbourne last night. When Sam Sicilia's name was announced as this year's recipient of the annual Chief Investment ...