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Former Mercer director joins MGP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Managed Account Holdings has added a superannuation law expert to its board as it gears up to acquire an existing Registrable Superannuation Entity. Most recently the director of Mercer's boutique legal practice Mercer Legal, Pamela McAlister has ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Two former superannuation industry executives have been nominated as members of ASIC to serve a period of five years each. Among his first duties as Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg announced Danielle Press and Sean Hughes will join the corporate ...

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... $300 per tonne. Increased costs and a drought-induced income squeeze generally leaves farmers shying away from superannuation funds as they see farming assets as their retirement nests. While Condon hasn't seen anyone lapse on their insurance payments ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... network and is vitally important to the NSW economy. We commend the NSW Government for its willingness to harness superannuation money to drive positive outcomes for the state," Delaney said. AustralianSuper's infrastructure assets have a current ...

Industry fund appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
A $5 billion industry superannuation fund is welcoming a new director to its board. TWU Super has appointed Michelle Harwood to the board as an employer director. Harwood was operations manager of registered training organisation TransTrain until its ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... direct-to-customers were examined and included: CommInsure, ClearView Life Assurance, NobleOak Life, Suncorp Life & Superannuation, TAL Life, and OnePath, St Andrew's Life Insurance and its distributor Select AFSL, and Hannover Life Re. After listening ...

Industry fund cuts admin fee

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
A $72 billion industry superannuation fund is cutting its administration fee for lower-balance accounts - a change which affects one-quarter of its members. UniSuper members with account balances lower than $4800 will now pay 2% of the account balance ...

Kapstream renews industry fund relationship

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
An $8.5 billion industry superannuation fund has committed more than $200 million to Kapstream Capital's new absolute return income strategy. Marking the latest in a series of mandates awarded this year, the Australian Catholic Superannuation and ...

Super assets hit new record

STEPHEN FAY, DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... compete on returns and fees." He also addressed other criticisms circulating about smaller industry funds. "In superannuation it is important to not be distracted by spurious 'one size fits all' type arguments. We saw this with the faux debate on independent ...

Vamos departs Regnan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... has commenced a strategic review to ensure its client's needs continue to be met, particularly those in the superannuation sector. Regnan's head of policy Alison George has been appointed to lead the business until the outcomes of the review ...