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Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Citi is welcoming a new head of government affairs. James Bond joins Citi from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, where he was director external affairs and investment. Prior to that, he was both the president of the Australian Services ...

Korea scopes out Aussie asset management market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... investment partnerships with Australian financial institutions. We continue to deepen our knowledge of the Australian superannuation system and Australia's approach to infrastructure fund investments," Hwang said. Samsung Asset Management, Hyundai Investments ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Superannuation funds are shunning traditional asset classes and increasingly turning to private equity opportunities, the latest key market insights from law firm MinterEllison show. In the last 12 months superannuation funds have ramped investment ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... upholding ASICs claims, the Federal Court found clients of NSG had been sold insurance and/or advised to rollover superannuation accounts that committed them to costly, unsuitable, and unnecessary financial arrangements. Oppenheim Legal solicitor Warwick ...

Super insurance maintains active pricing: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
About one-fifth of superannuation funds changed insurance rates or cover in the final quarter of 2016, latest Rainmaker research shows. The just-released Superannuation Benchmarking Report details how these super funds changed insurance rates or cover ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The complex and ongoing changes to superannuation will drive individuals to seek advice, IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon says. Breckon, who was recently appointed to the role, said he welcomed the government's superannuation reforms and ...

Need for SMSF specialists growing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
Financial advisers must adapt self-managed superannuation offerings if they wish to keep up with the new generation of SMSF investors, as the latest insight from Commonwealth Bank and the SMSF Association demonstrates an increased need for SMSF specialists. ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary wins CBA super mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... based subsidiary of BNY Mellon Investment Management, is welcoming a mandate win from the Commonwealth Bank Group Superannuation scheme. Newton's Global Real Return strategy, which takes a global multi-asset approach investing in traditional assets such ...

Former CFS executive joins Class board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... leadership roles with BT Funds Management and Advance Funds Management, and is a former director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. Currently serving as a non-executive director of UniSuper, OnePath Insurance, SuperEd and the Actuaries ...

Chief executive departs LGS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
The longstanding chief executive of $10 billion dollar superannuation fund Local Government Super has resigned after a decade in the role. Peter Lambert was appointed chief executive in December 2007. He has more than 30 years' expertise in super with ...