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Aon Master Trust appoints new leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
Aon Hewitt is welcoming its new head of the Aon Master Trust as the superannuation fund reframes its position in Australia's $2.1 trillion system. Leading the Aon Master Trust will be Jennifer Dean. She has more than 20 years of industry experience ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... liking bonds. They're joined by billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller. He told his audience at the Sohn Investment Conference to "get out of the stock market". All because Trump (and his promised of huge fiscal spending) happened. A lotta folks ...

Managed accounts and goals based advice prompts name change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... meaningful investment outcomes for their clients," Jacques said. In launching the rebrand, AGBA also announced its inaugural conference to be held in November 2017 with a theme of 'Bringing it all together.'

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 in November from an upwardly revised 100.8 in the previous month. ...

Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... those of new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA Conference that the superannuation industry is "next on the menu" for disruption from the fintech sector. "If we're going to be successful ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... requirements under RG97. In September, ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer told the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference that the regulator previously knocked back industry requests to extend the 2017 deadline for new super fund disclosure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. US consumer sentiment The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 in November from an upwardly revised 100.8 in the previous month. ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... bigger question. NSW Treasury executive director and head of commissioning and contestability, Leilani Frew, told the conference that, from a state government perspective, the infrastructure investment conversation should include industry, super and ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... reintroduction of the super fund governance bill does not pass the commonsense test. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday, Bowen slammed Kelly O'Dwyer's comments about super funds having the same board structure ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... weakening economy at threat of losing its AAA credit rating. Economist Ross Garnaut told The Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday that on a global scale the balance between long-term savings and investments has changed, leaning ...