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Legalsuper hires compliance exec from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... executive manager compliance joined legalsuper this week. Kaye Wheatley-Brown joins the $3 billion, 40,000-member superannuation fund from Mercer, where she was principal, senior risk and compliance leader, financial services, advice and insurance. Prior ...

Super changes spark engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Federal Government's rollout of the biggest changes to superannuation in more than a decade is seeing financial advisers and investors pay increased attention to portfolio management. At the investor end of the spectrum, Colonial First State is ...

Mercer undergoes global restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... also follows Mercer's high-profile partnership with Virgin Super, which will see Mercer open a direct-to-consumer superannuation fund this year.

Insurance bonds meeting retirement income demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... The bond issuer's research found retirees are increasingly looking for savings and investment vehicles outside superannuation to ensure a stable post-retirement income stream, but that traditional annuities weren't making the cut by themselves. This ...

Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... Advisors. On the investor side, HFSB saw new sign-ups including CB PermaTrust Asset Management, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, Telstra Super and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation.

Severe inadequacies in retiree portfolios: VicSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
New research by $16 billion superannuation fund VicSuper suggests up to 50% of retirees aged 75 to 79 with defensive portfolios will outlive their savings. More broadly, the research also found that around 30% of retirees in that age bracket, regardless ...

The era of the retirement consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... digital competence. Gebler, a financial risk management consultant, believes large and important segments of the superannuation market are already in drawdown, citing the 91% drop in net fund flows to the SMSF sector between 2010 and 2014. "The average ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Mercer's Alexis Cheang hears plenty of verbal commitment from Australian superannuation funds about the development and implementation of sustainable investment strategies. The continued aspiration is welcome, but Cheang believes proper execution and ...

Aussie advice firm sold to US risk manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
... benefits consulting services to business professionals and individuals throughout Australia. They specialise in superannuation, risk management and asset protection, investment and portfolio administration, business risk insurance, estate planning and ...

Defining DB for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
... confusion about what the figure means and a misunderstanding that it refers to a limit around how much can be saved in superannuation. "The $1.6 million represents the figure in retirement phase, after which any excess needs to be moved back to the accumulation ...