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FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... on mining, energy and agriculture. The firm also highlighted the breadth of scale available to its team given the global nature of the fund; a factor it says allows its team to respond quickly to the identification of profitable resource investment trends ...

Unpaid super reaches $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... payroll to small businesses, it did not adequately address the scale of the problem. "The Bill does not reflect the changing nature of work, nor does it fully harness technological improvements that have occurred since the introduction of compulsory ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... in our credit range," Robeco Australia, New Zealand and Oceania head Stephen Dennis said. "We believe the unconstrained nature of the Robeco Global Credits strategy and having sustainability fully integrated in the process is extremely appealing to the ...

AustralianSuper recruiting new property lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... AustralianSuper said: "The fund is recruiting for a new head of property and anticipates that the role will be global in nature as AustralianSuper continues to grow and expand its investment horizons." The fund announced in March it would be expanding ...

Netwealth affirms value of financial literacy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... concern in children's financial literacy is a lack of understanding as to what things actually cost given the more virtual nature of money. Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine highlighted that the practical applications Banqer provides means ...

Age Pension needs national objective: Actuary

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... despite an ageing population and better longevity." He believes this fiscal change makes it important to "evaluate the nature and purpose of the Age Pension and broader ongoing needs of retirees." It supports his call for an Age Pension objective to ...

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... 3.1 million Australians, according to new research. Recent findings from AustralianSuper and Cbus suggest the changing nature of work will create a yearly superannuation deficit of about $23 billion by 2027. At present, it is estimated 2.3 million Australians ...

TCorp investment operations boss departs in leadership restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... recruit for a general manager, technology role, reporting to chief executive David Deverall. "Given the long-term, stable nature of our clients' horizons, government sponsorship and client service focus, we are uniquely placed to manage our clients' ...

Gig economy intriguing millennials: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... Eva Scheerlinck earlier this year that Australia's superannuation system was struggling to keep pace with the changing nature of work. Research released this year by VisionSuper and the John Curtin Research Centre highlighted contract work and the gig ...

Australian Ethical divests AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... practice, to continue charging clients when they were put into the BOLR pool. We also learned that AMP misled ASIC about the nature of this practice," Palmer explained. Financial Standard asked whether continued investment in AMP represented a failure ...