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Milliman taps super fund for new head of consulting services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
Global actuarial consulting firm Milliman has appointed an executive from the superannuation industry in response to increasing demand for member-focused solutions from its industry super fund clients. Kevin Moloney joins the group as head of consulting ...

Military to get defined contribution super scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
People joining the military will have a new defined contribution superannuation scheme from 1 July. From that date ADF Super will be the default fund for anyone joining the permanent Australian Defence Force. The fully-funded accumulation plan has an ...

Industry super fund becomes public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
An industry superannuation fund previously working with real estate employees is opening its membership to the general public from 1 July 2016. The $1.3 billion REI Super will be the latest super fund to become a public offer fund. It is a move that ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Spring FG is now taking pre-registrations for its new self-managed super platform, mysuper247, ahead of its full operational launch in July. The platform allows online SMSF establishment, operation and administration as well as access to an array of ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
Awards honour modern marketing, advertising and sales excellence (MAX) in 18 categories including Marketer of the Year, Sales Executive of the Year, and Product Launch of the Year. Now in its 21st year, the annual MAX Awards recognise Australia's leading ...

Clime director steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
One of the directors of listed fund manager Clime Investment Management has retired from their role. Finance director and 25-year industry veteran Richard Proctor stood down from his director responsibilities on 21 June. He continues in his role as ...

Two advice firms to get managed accounts

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Advice firms Choice Capital and Ashfords Wealth Advisors will have access to a diversified suite of SMAs managed by Beulah Capital. Non-institutional platform provider, Netwealth, has teamed up with Beulah Capital, to launch two new private label managed ...

Cbus grows investment strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Cbus expanded its investment strategy team with the creation of a new senior equities research analyst role. Ramanan Sooriyakumar joins the $33 billion industry super fund from Goldman Sachs in Melbourne where he was an executive director and lead equities ...

APRA outlines plans to refocus Appointed Actuary role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed improvements for the Appointed Actuary role within insurance companies. The Appointed Actuary is a mandatory position insurers must have to provide independent, expert advice to boards ...

Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Despite engagement campaigns by numerous super funds helping members unearth lost super, $13.5 billion across 1.289 million accounts still remains in limbo, according to figures released by Westpac. In its 2016 Westpac Lost Super Report, the bank said ...