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Federation Asset Management appoints Equity Trustees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
A recently launched asset manager appointed Equity Trustees as its trustee. Federation Asset Management appointed Equity Trustees as its trustee and responsible entity. The firm, who launched last September, is aiming to lead investment in renewable ...

SMSF expert joins AMP board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Former SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery is set to take a seat on AMP's board next month. Joining as a non-executive director, Slattery will begin her tenure at AMP on February 15. She left a non-executive director position at Centrepoint ...

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation suggests defaulting workers' retirement savings into the Future Fund would be a costly mistake. According to Industry Super Australia, workers would be about $124,000 worse off if their superannuation was ...

IRESS appoints insto broking head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
IRESS looked inward to find its new head of institutional broking. George Vidinis has been appointed to lead the account management of the firm's institutional and online broking clients. Vidinis has served IRESS since joining the firm as an account ...

Franklin Templeton appoints head of retail

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
A former AMP Capital head of retail business is linking with Franklin Templeton to lead its retail efforts in Australia. Manuel Damianakis will join the global firm with a remit to drive its retail strategy and ensure financial advisers in Australia ...

MTAA Super makes fee cuts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
MTAA Super is cutting its administration fee by $0.10 a week - from $1.60 to $1.50 - in what amounts to an annual saving of 6%. Additionally, the fund has moved to eliminate the exit fee previously paid on amounts rolled out of the fund. It will make ...

Parametric critiques Productivity Commission's final report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Parametric have taken the final Productivity Commission report into superannuation to task in its latest research report. According to the firm, the PC missed an opportunity to highlight how super members retiring on after-tax returns are penalised ...

Willis Towers Watson adds cyber specialist

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Willis Towers Watson appointed a cyber specialist to its Australian arm. Benjamin Di Marco links with Willis Towers Watson from law firm Clyde & Co, where he spent almost four years, eventually establishing the firm's data privacy and cyber insurance ...

Pacific Current Group expands US investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Pacific Current Group has invested in a US provider of financial adviser middle office services. Pacific Current Group (ASX:PAC) picked up a 10% stake in Independent Financial Partners, a "hybrid registered investment advisers platform" based in the ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Latest KPMG research shows the amount of venture capital funding invested in Australia last year hit a record high, with about $1.2 billion invested. However despite the record result, Australian venture capital investing is just a slither of the overall ...