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Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... returns are not correlated to equities and bond markets. This includes venture capital, private equity, real estate, hedge funds and debt funds. Its current holdings include SuperEd and Brisbane-based food ordering application Boppl. It is funding the ...

Entertainment spend retains members: Hostplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... the Australian Open Tennis. This year it invited about 120 employers nationally, which accounted for about $4 billion in funds under management, and about 160,000 members, he said. Dias asked why employers need to be entertained in this way. Elia replied ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... fee arrangements with financial advisers. An article, published in a national newspaper, exposed how bank-linked retail funds generated low returns on cash options. CBA was deemed "unhappy" with the article and was prompted to conduct an internal analysis ...

CFS and a messy MySuper transition

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... CFS' letter to members CFS executives started the breach resolution process with drafting member communication. The super funds sent out a letter to members to confirm their investment options. The letter said if a member did not reply by May 2014, it ...

Mainstream enters SMA market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... advisers customised access to models across 25 international markets, including access to Mainstream-administered managed funds. The provider of fund and super administration services intends to seed the SMA platform when it has secured $150 million ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... companies that produce and utilise clean disruption technology. AtlasTrends was founded in 2015. Since then, two of its three funds have hit above 10% in annualised returns. Its latest launch, the AtlasTrend Clean Disruption Fund, has a minimum investment ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... experience and solution design in David Evers, who will focus on creating and fostering relationships, particularly in the funds management space. Evers was most recently working in product development at BT Financial Group and has also previously held ...

Suncorp suppressed tax benefits to super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... put the spotlight on obscure administration fees and intra-company arrangements, as well as tax benefits superannuation funds are withholding from members. Suncorp was in the hot seat this morning, represented by Maurizio Pinto, the executive manager ...

Federal Court rules partly in favour of DomaCom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... Sole Purpose Test has been termed a "milestone" for the SMSF industry, however there are still hurdles to clear before sub-funds are not considered in-house assets or related trusts under the SIS (Superannuation Industry Supervision) Act. The full Federal ...

Trust in financial services down since Royal Commission: Poll

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... counsel assisting questioned the value of the campaign to industry fund members. Silk said the advertisement helped industry funds helped win the battle, but the war continues over default superannuation arrangements. In our new poll, we ask if SMSFs ...