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Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... out anybody, as long as the fund has a member-first culture," Eastwood said, adding that it would look at other industry funds, master trusts or corporate super funds as potential merger partners. Statewide is also open to considering alternatives to ...

IFM Investors executive departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... reported. The two parties settled for £270,000 or roughly $493,000 in April. IFM Investors is owned by industry superannuation funds. The fund manager invests about $140 billion in unlisted infrastructure, private equity, listed equities and cash and ...

Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Australian Ethical) since 2002 and the new appointment will build its ESG capabilities in the main fund. "Like most other funds, the vast majority of our members are in the default option but we are encouraged that a significant portion of our members ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... Investment professionals based in Melbourne should have no trouble finding job opportunities with industry superannuation funds over the next 12 months, according to recruitment experts. According to Kaizen Recruitment, the current job climate remains ...

Adviser cops 262 month jail sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... father to invest via his used car warranty company and took money from customers of the company. In reality, Thomas used the funds to conduct risky trades in the commodities and futures market via an online brokerage firm. To conceal the fraud, he provided ...

Portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... & Rygel was founded in 1983 and is based in Los Angeles. It manages about US $114 billion. GSFM (previously Grant Samuel Funds Management) distributes the strategy in Australia and acts as the responsible entity of the fund.

Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Research house Rice Warner has openly questioned whether superannuation funds should begin resetting the return expectations of members. With difficult economic headwinds prevailing, Rice Warner is concerned superannuation funds have made a rod for ...

BT faces fees for no service class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Westpac confirmed it has received a class action filed against BT Funds Management and Westpac Life Insurance Services in relation to BT's Super for Life cash investment option. Slater & Gordon filed the action on behalf of Tracey Ghee. Westpac ...

Financial incentive provokes misconduct: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... found to be a factor in unethical pro-organisational behaviour. The researchers looked at three Australian superannuation funds to put together their findings - though they do not reveal which funds. They found that in those funds where a climate of ...

Values trump value for retail investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... foreseeable future," Walmsley said. "Retail investors, along with powerful institutional investors such as industry superannuation funds, have put executive remuneration squarely in the crosshairs."