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BT launches new corporate super solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
BT has launched a new corporate superannuation product, leveraging the digital capabilities of BT Panorama. BT Super will provide members with access to 44 investment options, including lifestage, diversified, passive, sustainable and specialist funds. ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Not-for-profit funds have been vindicated by the Royal Commission's "damning" preliminary findings into the retail super sector but can't afford to be complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off ...

Boutique manager expands fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
A $10 billion boutique fund manager has made two key appointments to its investment team, as institutional and retail investors continue to pour money into its strategies. Ardea Investment Management has appointed former Deutsche Bank fixed income research ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds in times of volatility, using them as a price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
Integrity Life continues its expansion trajectory with the appointment of two senior roles and a non-executive director. Integrity announced Mark McCrea is the new operations manager and Jacqueline Little takes on the head of product role. Joining from ...

SMSFA questions three-year audits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
The SMSF Association has cast doubts over the proposed three-year audit cycle for some self-managed super funds, stating the change may "undermine" the integrity of the sector. SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said the shift to three-year audits would ...

Pendal builds global executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
Pendal Group has appointed a new global chief risk officer, replacing the interim C-level executive who has filled the role since November last year. Bindesh Savjani is joining Pendal Group's global executive committee after a two-decade-long career ...

IFM Investors return fees to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
The $111 billion institutional fund manager is kicking back a portion of investment fees to its clients, as majority of its mandates outperform. IFM Investors' institutional clients in 19 countries are getting a fee rebate equivalent to 7.5% of ...

VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
VicSuper is now one of the world's top pension funds, sitting alongside 16 other Australian superannuation funds, according to Willis Towers Watson. The Global 300 research from WTW's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's largest ...

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 ...