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Trustee Partners recruits ahead of opening NZ office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... investments and operates across Australia and Hong Kong, and will soon open an office Auckland, New Zealand. Trustee Partners' parent company Sargon Capital is currently searching for a chief executive to head up its New Zealand subsidiary, the New Zealand ...

Values-based approach will advance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... metamorphosis. She was once someone who voted for apartheid and took a job in Mandela's office because it was close to her parent's home. Yet in her first encounter with the man, when she was working for his private secretary, Zelda was taken aback by ...

APRA pushes for greater control over super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... ensure all boards have a meaningful proportion of directors free from association with related entities - whether that is a parent organisation within a retail group or a nominating member or employer representative body of an industry fund - so there ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... bank-owned super funds - they are free to act solely in members' best interests as they are not required to produce a profit for parent shareholders," she said. The Bill proposes one-third of super fund directors to be independent as well as appointing ...

AustralianSuper moves to opt-in insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
AustralianSuper has become the first major superannuation fund to make insurance opt-in for younger members in a bid to stop account erosion. Members of the industry fund who are under 25 when they join up will now be asked to "opt-in" to insurance ...

"Enough is enough": Women in Super launch national campaign

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
National advocacy and networking group Women in Super is calling on the Federal Government to address the growing number of women retiring in poverty by boosting the superannuation accounts of low income earners. Speaking at the launch of the group's ...

Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
Younger Australians are developing a greater understanding of fundamental investment principles as record numbers of Generation Z and Y investors embrace domestic shares in order to build wealth. According to new insights from nabtrade, in the 12 months ...

Robo-adviser scores investment banking partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... Wealth will now provide digital advice to clients of APP Securities, the brokerage and investment banking firm formed when parent AIMS Financial Group acquired the assets from the administrators of BBY Group. This encompasses risk assessments, trade ...

Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... into a strategic relationship with MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, one of the largest general insurers in Japan and the parent company of MS Private. The deal will see Challenger provide a $500 million equity placement to MS&AD in broadening the relationship ...

Discretionary trusts crackdown short-sighted

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Labor government's proposed crackdown on discretionary trusts is "short-sighted" and "anti-family" given the broader tax system isn't operating on a level playing field, an industry expert says. In response to Opposition Leader Bill Shorten proposing ...