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Women in Super ramps up "Make Super Fair" campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Women in Super (WIS) caps the year with a new video campaign addressing gender inequality in super. Speaking at the member luncheon last week, NSW state chair Lata McNulty gave an update on WIS activities in recent months, including the 'Make Super ...

Nikko Asset Management awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... track record in manager selection." Ironbark head of distribution Alex Donald added: "We're delighted to see that an award winning global company like Nikko AM entrust Royal London. We take great pride in providing best-in-class solutions to our ...

Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... Australia's healthiest small workplace. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, planning firm Announcer and Mercer are all award winners in AIA's 2018 Australia's Healthiest Workplace Survey. Now in its second year in Australia, AIA's workplace ...

FPA honours top advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... Perth-based Michael Carmody of Viva Wealth took out the coveted FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award. Wotherspoon Wealth, an Adelaide-based practice established eight years ago, won the FPA Professional Practice of the Year ...

SelectingSuper honours super industry leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... Performance - Risk Weighted; Best Performance - Fixed Interest; Best Long Term Performance; and Fund of the Year. Receiving the award, Hostplus group executive retirement solutions and advice Paul Watson said it recognised an enormous amount of work ...

Philanthropic foundation names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
As the 2018 FPA Professionals Congress begins today in Sydney, the association's philanthropic arm is welcoming a new chair. The new Future2 Foundation chair is Petra Churcher. She was previously chair of the Financial Planning Association's South Australian ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Commonwealth Bank board ignored major scandals besieging the bank when it approved the variable remuneration for its top executives for FY16, the Royal Commission heard. The bank's top executives were paid a fixed pay and variable pay split into ...

FASEA releases draft degree requirement legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its long awaited degree requirements for existing financial advisers and new entrants. FASEA has proposed the maximum requirement for an existing adviser be a graduate diploma of eight subjects ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate has become the first to offer an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the ...

La Trobe Financial prices $750m RMBS issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has priced its seventh issue of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities at $750 million. The issue welcomes six new investors to the RMBS program, including from Australia and overseas. La Trobe Financial chief corporate ...