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Japanese bank Nomura ups ante in robo-advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Financial advisers and super funds doing their groundwork on best-practice robo-advice should take a closer look at Nomura after the $1.1 trillion banking giant launched its robo-advice service this week. The Asian bank will roll-out 'Nomura Goal-based' ...

Link makes Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Giant superannuation administrator Link Group has submitted a binding proposal to acquire Pillar Administration from the NSW government. In the past month Link has worked closely with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in developing ...

REST boosts member savings through Acorns app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
REST Super's latest deal with micro-investing app Acorns is a brilliant chess move in the quest to encourage more Australians to save for their retirement. It's one small step for Acorns but a giant leap for the superannuation industry. This month the ...

US and China family office giants to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Two major family offices in China and the US have discussed an ongoing collaboration. Wang Jianlin, China's richest man and owner of the multinational Wanda Group, met with LDJ Capital Multi-Family Office chair David Drake to discuss working together. ...

Funds management giants in historic merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Two major global managers have agreed to an all-stock merger of equals. Henderson and Janus Capital, post-merger, will be known as Janus Henderson Global Investors. The combined entity will represent over US$320 billion in assets under management and ...

Vision Super divests from three high carbon companies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Industry super fund Vision Super has furthered its commitment to low carbon investing by replacing three carbon intense companies from its portfolio with three low carbon investments. The move will achieve a reduction of 75% of the benchmark carbon ...

Centuria taps Google for latest board appointment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Centuria Capital has appointed a senior executive from technology giant Google to its board. Susan Wheeldon-Steele is currently head of performance at Google where she works with national and global companies to develop and deliver growth strategies. ...

NAS recognised as top custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
For the third consecutive year NAB Asset Servicing has been recognised as the top sub-custodian in Australia and New Zealand at the Transaction Processing Awards. NAB Asset Servicing executive general manager John Comito said the award was an endorsement ...

Sunsuper continues push into adviser market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Sunsuper has appointed two new business development managers (BDM) and launched an online portal for financial advisers. Alessandra Bertora and William Burke both joined the Queensland-based company last month, charged with "growing Sunsuper's membership ...

Aligned advisers return to UK

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
UK pension, investments and insurance giant Aviva has hired a fresh team of face-to-face advisers three years after scrapping its 120-strong team. The move marks the return of aligned advice - the new advisers will be restricted to recommending only ...