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New head of Insto sales at La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Melbourne-based fund manager La Trobe Financial has appointed former ASF Group executive director Sally Humphris as its new head of institutional sales. After running third-party distributor ASF Group, and holding several senior management positions ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
A recent move to individually tailor the investments of a Queensland Government super fund is a sign of things to come, said an industry expert. Qsuper, which invests nearly $40 billion dollars worth of retirement savings for Queensland Government employees ...

Advice tech more than back office tool: JP Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Advisors need to shed the perception of advice technology as a "back office" tool if they are to engage investors with their retirement income, according to a scaled advice software provider. J.P. Morgan's Donn Hess, speaking at a recent ASFA conference ...

Cbus and HESTA take out top AIST awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Cbus super and HESTA have taken out the top two honours at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) 2012 Awards for Excellence. Construction industry fund Cbus took out the award for best annual report, after its 2011/12 report demonstrated ...

Life-cycle funds boost retirement income: Mercer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Adding a whole of life age-based investment default option to superannuation funds would reduce investment risk and help restore confidence in the Australian super system, according to Mercer's David Anderson. The financial services provider used the ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Objectives-based investing is nothing new and fund fiduciaries being pushed to adopt it should instead see it as recognition that traditional investment approaches has many inbuilt limitations. Tony MacKenzie, chief strategist at QIC, told the ASFA ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Scaled advice is one of the most obvious paths towards success in a brave new world of financial planning, said Mercer's advice industry leader. The financial planning industry has failed to recognise what people want in the past, and needs to offer ...

Cloud computing to boost real-time super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
From real-time banking to real-time super, cloud computing adds a new dimension to how fund members can access their superannuation data in the future. This year's annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney played ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Before fund fiduciaries push members to engage, they should first ask what the engagement is meant to achieve. In Australia to attend the ASFA national conference yesterday, Donn Hess, head of product strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management advised ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Super fund trustees should re-examine whether the levels of default life insurance cover offered by their funds meet member needs, according to specialist life insurer, TAL. APRA's proposed Prudential Standard SPS250 will require trustees to develop ...