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Mercer hires from industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... years, and while it has always been a top priority, with the changing regulatory environment particularly for superannuation funds, it is more important than ever," Mercer Pacific's chief executive Ben Walsh said. "Sound governance, a proactive approach ...

Aberdeen appoints head of Australian fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... team or investment process and responsibilities. Its previous head of Australian fixed income Nick Bishop left for Gresham Funds Management in April. McCabe and his team, in October, picked up Jasmine Argyrou's responsibilities when she left as a ...

Ethical super fund shutters themed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... environment in October. Good Super's investments are managed by OpenInvest and, as at June 30, the fund has about $41 million in funds under management. As at that date, the asset allocation for its women option was 100% cash, according to the Good Super ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... accountability and ongoing costs. The commission noted superannuation debates were dominated by bodies representing the interests of funds and trustees rather than members. To that end, CHOICE launched Super Consumers Australia earlier this year, an ...

Concerns over rise of the mega-fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
Mega-funds are on the rise and as further super fund mergers are expected to continue into 2020, the question of capacity needs to be addressed, according to SG Hiscock managing director Stephen Hiscock. "In terms of the mega-funds, we have seen a lot ...

Equity Trustees renews custody mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... with State Street Corporation for custodial and investment administration services of its Equity Trustees wealth services funds. The new agreement will see State Street provide custody, fund accounting, regulatory reporting, compliance and tax services ...

Clime launches new income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... had good response so far from our private wealth clients in investor road shows," Bristow said. Clime had $961 million in funds under management at end of September. The biggest share of this is in managed accounts ($462 million), followed by $357 million ...

Sargon opens door to trustee tech

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... financial technology and infrastructure company said its Sargon Trustee Cloud software has previously only been available to funds which Sargon is itself the trustee and digital advice platform Decimal. "While Sargon is currently trustee of 16% (22 of ...

Non-compliant personal advice rife at super funds: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Just 49% of the files looked at by ASIC as part of its review of financial advice provided by super funds were found to be compliant with best interests duty. Reviewing the personal advice provided by 21 super funds, ASIC's Report 639: Financial ...

Cbus hikes fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... corporate super, launching a new offering in November. The Cbus Corporate Super product will see a member defaulted into the funds Growth MySuper option if they don't choose otherwise but includes the benefit of automatic tailored insurance dependant ...