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Super industry bodies unite over adequacy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Four superannuation representative groups are uniting to lobby the federal government to alter the proposed objective of super so it includes the concept of retirement adequacy. In a letter to Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer ...

ACFS head departs to Vic government

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Executive director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), Amy Auster, is stepping down from her role to join the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Auster is taking up a new role as deputy secretary (economic) at the Victorian ...

ANZ names chief economist

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
ANZ has promoted Richard Yetsenga as the bank's chief economist following a temporary five months in the role. Yetsenga was appointed as acting chief economist in March following the departure of Warren Hogan. Yetsenga joined ANZ in 2011, and prior ...

Multi-asset fund launches on ASX

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
A global multi-asset fund which is the brainchild of AMP Capital's Shane Oliver and Nader Naeimi is now trading on the ASX through the firm's alliance with BetaShares. The AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) becomes the third active exchange-traded ...

BNPP IP appoints head of advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
BNP Paribas Investment Partners named James Langlands as its head of advice business for Australia and New Zealand. Langlands' responsibility will be to grow funds under management for BNP Paribas Investment Partners by working with dealer groups, private ...

Industry fund CIO leaves for impact investor

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
The chief investment officer at one of Australia's largest superannuation funds is leaving to join global impact investment firm LeapFrog Investments. First State Super's Richard Brandweiner is stepping down from his role to join LeapFrog, citing a ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Among its complex and broad assessment of superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency the Productivity Commission says it intends to review data on the extent to which tax is a motivator for setting up an SMSF. The Commission accepts there are several ...

CSC and Infratil back student accommodation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Purpose-built student accommodation is showing its hand as an emerging asset class with two large investors closing a deal with the Australian National University (ANU) this week. ANU has awarded both the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) ...

Perpetual announces internal promotions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Perpetual has promoted two staff to senior positions within the Perpetual Corporate Trust as part of an expansion of its corporate trustee business. The first internal appointment sees Vicki Riggio become general manager, management services. In her ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
The Productivity Commission says competition among Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system "is not an end in itself" to assure efficiency. In releasing its proposed framework to assess super's efficiency and competitiveness the Commission has ...