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Pension fund awards custody mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... capabilities to help asset owners address their investment challenges in an increasingly complex market environment." Earlier this week BNY Mellon's investment management arm announced it would close fund management subsidiary EACM Advisors. The Connecticut ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... options as well as the various home support available to help advisers have a better conversation with retiree clients. This week, the Federal Government announced its intention to establish a Royal Commission into the aged care sector and is calling ...

Legislation lifts ASIC recruitment limitation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... ASIC Capability Review, which the Federal Government said it welcomed in April 2016. Separately, Frydenberg announced this week a second deputy chair will join APRA incumbent Helen Rowell. John Lonsdale joins APRA as a full-time member and second deputy ...

Advisers granted stat dec authorisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... planning, insurance, superannuation, financial product and other documents." The legislation will be tabled in Parliament this week and is subject to a disallowance period of 15 parliamentary sitting days.

Kell resigns from ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... Frydenberg said. Kell's resignation brings ASIC's commissioner lineup to six, with new commissioner Danielle Press starting this week and Sean Hughes commencing later in the year. ASIC also recently appointed a second deputy chair in Daniel Crennan QC ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... money they invest is depleted along with the health of the planet. It's high time the industry takes action." Just this week, the state of California passed legislation requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS to report on climate-related financial risks. The ...

SMSF cash allocation dips

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... large non-concessional contributions to superannuation, he added. CommSec also released its latest SMSF trading report this week, showing SMSF investors are increasingly turning to international equities for greater diversification and returns. Amazon ...

MLC, NULIS in court over $100m in illegitimate fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... in the financial services industry. Overall, remediation for impacted customers is expected to exceed $850m. Earlier this week, NAB announced NAB Financial Planning (FP) and NAB Direct Advice will no longer accept grandfathered commissions from NAB Wealth ...

Increasing trust not up to APRA: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... industry, not the prudential regulator. Speaking at the Annual Risk Management Association CRO conference in Sydney this week, APRA chairman Wayne Byres said the Royal Commission brought many well-known industry issues before the eyes of the public for ...

Industry fund adds new talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... strategic research. She has also held roles with Access Capital and the Australian Office of Financial Management. Earlier this week First State Super partnered with Lendlease to fund an investment vehicle that will build and develop multi-family housing ...