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Atrium appoints distribution head from Morningstar

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... and Goldman Sachs. Hone added: ""Han brings welcome skills in handling external queries regarding our asset management technical capabilities."

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Superannuation has recently received plenty of oxygen in the political atmosphere and fund disclosure is yet another bubble quickly rising. As super funds and regulators work towards several disclosure deadlines in 2017, industry representative groups ...

ISPT outlines ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... strategies adding value to the communities within which we live and work." ISPT general manager, sustainability and technical services, Alicia Maynard said: "ISPT's outcomes approach to sustainability has enabled us to transform the buildings we own ...

Energy Super rolls out digital advice service

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Energy Super has gone live with its new digital advice service. The service uses Decimal's Eqilize robo-advice software, and according to Energy Super general manager of digital transformation and analytics David Beal, is aimed at delivering an "entrA(C)e" ...

First State Super awards $1.6bn mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... finds its way into client portfolios by many different paths. "We are very transparent, we publish a lot of our work as technical articles in investment journals, and we get good feedback from clients about that. We are excited to now be starting our ...

TAL upgrades Risk Academy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... all been designed to enable advisers to generate leads and grow their business." The Risk Academy is managed by a TAL technical team who build content and tools relevant to advisers and the insurance agency. Since its launch in February 2015, more than ...

Whitehelm appointment and acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016

QBE chief executive departs in leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... said. QBE Australia interim chief executive Pat Regan said the role has been created in a bid to drive the insurers' technical ambitions and capability and to further improve on its existing underwriting process. "First and foremost Declan will focus ...

Actuaries want super dashboard overhaul

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Actuaries are weighing in on the debate around superannuation fund transparency, labeling current dashboards unsound and needing an overhaul. The Actuaries Institute says its view is based around a review of the MySuper dashboard structure. It lists ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... the eligibility for the partial pension will phase out more quickly and at lower amounts than it has previously. IOOF technical services manager, Josh Rundmann agrees the changes will see some couples lose a significant proportion of income, with some ...