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Super fund rationalisation painful: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
The superannuation industry shouldn't underestimate the pain or amount of difficulty it will experience if the proposed rationalisation of underperforming funds eventuates, the second day of Productivity Commission public hearings was told in Melbourne. ...

SSGA appoints head of retirement solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
State Street Global Advisors has appointed a new head of retirement solutions for Australia. Jonathan Shead has worked in various SSGA roles since 2000; he was most recently head of portfolio solutions for the Asia-Pacific region. Before SSGA, he was ...

Adviser performance data vital to remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... members] are either not motivated by them or they just become so overwhelmed by what might be a seemingly mammoth and impossible task," the report reads. To combat this, Elixir advocates sharing targets and tracking actuals against those targets on an ...

AFCA appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
The one-stop shop for financial services complaint has chosen David Locke as its chief ombudsman and chief executive. Locke is currently the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC)'s assistant commissioner, charity services. ACNC ...

Asset manager awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An Australian alternative asset manager has awarded a fund administration mandate to US firm SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies marked Global Merces as its first Australian client since the acquisition of DST earlier this year. The Nasdaq-listed company ...

AMP adds legal expert to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
AMP is welcoming a legal and regulatory expert to its board in an effort to rebuild the company. John O'Sullivan joins AMP as a non-executive director effective 20 June 2018. He was a partner at Freehill Hollingdale & Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills) ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... partner institutions and outside consultants will assess efforts by various groups to adopt the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. They will then devise a unified approach and publish sample guidance ...

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... retirement means there is no single retirement product that can meet members' needs. It highlights the most important task remaining "is to improve the quality of financial advice to guide members among the various complex products, especially where ...

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving an average of 12.4 hours per week on portfolio management tasks, according to research from NAB and Investment Trends. The report shows using a managed account structure shaves the most time off investment ...

AMP Advice risk chief departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... commitment the organisation needs from me now, I conclude that I have insufficient capacity to carry through the important task of navigating the days and months ahead." An AMP spokesperson confirmed his departure in a statement today. "Pally Bargri ...