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SuperConcepts names new technology lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
SuperConcepts appointed a new chief technology officer, replacing the founder of its SuperMate offering. Currently executive manager of software development, Brad Ackermann will step into the role on 2 January 2019. He takes the title as Kurt Groeneveld ...

Gender super gap closing but still wide

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... have 69.7%. The gender gap in account balances was the tightest in under-35s where women had 84% of what men had in their super balances. Working women who pay super currently have an average income of $60,000 as compared to the average super-paying ...

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... the month. The VanEck Vectors MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets Equity ETF (EMKT) returned about -3%. Read more about how super funds are using ETFs in their portfolios and what's the latest in the fixed income space in ETFs in our print edition ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
The $47 billion industry fund has taken a direct stake in a UK ports company in which First State Super also holds a share. The investment in Forth Ports is Cbus' first direct offshore investment in infrastructure. It takes Cbus' infrastructure ...

FPA finds Sam Henderson guilty

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... Commission on April 26, when he admitted (with reservations) staff had impersonated his clients over the phone to their super funds to gain access to their details. Also appearing at the Royal Commission was Henderson's former client and Fair Work ...

APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
APRA chair Wayne Byres says the regulator will "clearly need to reflect" on the way it thinks about risk after Royal Commission revelations, but the financial services industry needs to step up to change its culture. "I'm not going to give a full response ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The association representing CFAs is asking its charterholders be allowed to qualify as financial advisers, as FASEA overhauls the educational standards in the advice industry. CFA Institute chief executive Paul Smith was in Sydney for a briefing that ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Half of Australians don't have a will

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... will is only necessary if you have a large estate. Even if you don't have a house or share portfolio, you may have money in super, jointly owned assets or a life insurance benefit that needs to be divided." The results are based on Finder's survey of ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Aussie millennials are reluctant to consolidate their superannuation or take on risk while investing after six months of Royal Commission revelations, according to new research. Micro-investing platform Raiz Invest found that nearly 58% millennials ...