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WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... strategic advisor in alternative assets, private equity and private debt for sovereign wealth funds including Future Fund and NZ Super. Under the proposal, Siew and Wilson would also be appointed to the board. "With the three independent directors, our ...

Global manager wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... equities from a superannuation fund. Parametric Australia has created a factor-based portfolio solution that captures the super fund's views around risks in global stock markets with a consideration to other constraints including tax. The unnamed fund ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Melbourne-based firm that previously copped a $9 million fine for offering personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle's Australian financial ...

Industry fund CIO resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
An $11 billion industry fund's chief investment officer has resigned from the post. Mine Super said David Bell is stepping down after about four years in the job to complete a PhD. The fund said it is recruit a replacement chief investment officer ...

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... model" in 2017 and branded it as "robust". Then in August this year, it was revealed that APRA had expected to question AMP Super on the framework. "On the one hand, last year you were looking at the processes and the documents and saying, 'this is a ...

Royal Commission: And that is a wrap

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
The public were provided a glimpse into the tireless work of the financial services Royal Commission as Commissioner Kenneth Hayne and counsel assisting Rowena Orr made closing remarks this afternoon. The final day's hearings adjourned at 1.15pm and ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... back with two solutions that together put $2.7 billion back in the Budget. First, it wants retirees (currently untaxed for super balances lower than $1.6 million) to pay 15% tax on all super earnings. The think tank says this would affect the retirement ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... simplicity (0.5 points higher), information clarity (0.3 points higher) and overall satisfaction (0.5 points higher). Overall, super funds made significant inroads in allowing members to request financial advice online (from 68% last year to 80% this ...

Melbourne boutique hires deputy CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A Melbourne boutique has snapped up a former central bank portfolio manager as its deputy chief investment officer. Jamieson Coote Bonds is welcoming Duanjai Samranvedhya, as it opens a Singapore office and expand its global investment capabilities. ...

KPMG hires from Macquarie

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
KPMG has hired a long-standing member of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets team to sustain its relationships with superannuation funds. Samantha Brewer is joining KPMG as a transaction services partner as a part of KPMG's deals, tax and legal ...