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NEOS Life expands to the west coast

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... Western Australian so soon after our launch." NEOS recently appointed Sargon as the trustee of its new insurance-only superannuation fund NEOS Super Plan. NEOS Super Plan provides financial advisers with a pay-by-super option for their client's NEOS ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... satisfaction ratings, where only three funds out of the top 10 have remained in this group for the last three years. "As superannuation is a very long term process, it is likely that over a number of decades there will be a large number of ranking changes. ...

Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... occur. It could happen in the for-profit sector it would mean offering limited personal advice, so that public offer superannuation funds, managed investment schemes and advisers associated with them would be able to provide general advice on their own ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... year. In the 12-month period, Hostplus awarded the most mandates followed by AustralianSuper, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Equipsuper and WA Local Government Super. On the flip side, INVESCO, Partners Group, Mesirow and Firetrail ...

NSW adviser banned for 25 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... handing down the 25 year restrain, Justice Reeves said Miller had: "Frequent and ongoing misuse of his clients' superannuation savings for personal purposes over a number of years, in a long series of transactions which displayed what I consider ...

BT launches new managed accounts offerings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... increase in funds under administration in the 12 months to 30 November 2018. Separately, the firm's general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes, recently weighed into the debate over the Productivity Commission's proposed best-in-show default superannuation ...

Industry fund chief executive moves to life insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... MetLife as its next chief executive on May 1, leaving the super fund at the end of February. The South Australian superannuation fund is one of MetLife's longest-standing clients, the insurer said in a statement. Nunn has more than 30 years of industry ...

Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Industrial Relations Minister, given the Productivity Commission's recommendation to create a best in show list of superannuation funds.

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... manage about $180 million in Australian government bonds in November. The mandate came about as the $70 billion superannuation fund increased its allocation to bonds as well as shuffled allocations between managers, it told Financial Standard in an emailed ...

ASIC seeks new default super partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
ASIC is on the hunt for a new default superannuation fund for employees but smaller funds need not bother applying. In tender documents the corporate regulator specified it will only consider bids made by super funds with at least $10 billion in assets ...