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IQ Group appoints customer advocacy head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Superannuation and wealth management consultant IQ Group has appointed a head of customer advocacy and assurance. Katherine Forrest was previously a principal consultant with IQ Group; prior to that, she held roles at SunSuper, Equip, Suncorp and superannuation ...

UniSuper announces tax referrals as intra-fund advice grows

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... planning business, with an extensive Approved Product List that allows our advisers to provide complete advice across superannuation, investments, insurance and retirement strategies and products."

Joyce Phillips leaves in ANZ restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... distribution of wealth products and services with [ANZ's] retail and commercial businesses and focusing its insurance, superannuation and investments product business in Australia on improving returns and capital efficiency." More specifically, ANZ Private ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Industry superannuation fund Energy Super has appointed two Queensland energy and financial industry professionals to its board. Joining the nine-member board as employer-representative directors are Clive Skarott and Richard Flanagan. The pair replace ...

Nikko AM hires chief risk management officer

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... teams manage approximately $20 billion in funds on behalf of retail and institutional investors, private clients, superannuation funds and charitable trusts.

RBF awards $175m credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF), the Tasmanian public sector superannuation fund, has invested US$125 million ($175.6 million) in Shenkman Capital Management's multi-strategy credit strategy. RBF chief investment officer, Dr Ian Lundy, explained that ...

Credit Union enters super through platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Bankstown City Credit Union has become the latest mutual to use a shared superannuation platform, allowing them to enter the $2 trillion market and expand its product range. The credit union, which has about 5000 members, is now using Financial Synergy's ...

NZ Super announces merger mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has marked its first foray into merger arbitrage by appointing global investment manager Ramius for a US$200 million ($280m) mandate in the asset class. Ramius is the alternative investment management business of ...

Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer has insisted the proposed governance reforms for superannuation funds are not targeting the not-for-profit sector in a speech where she cited the privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that ...

Three super funds take responsible investment gong

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... are embedded in our DNA." Christian Super chief investment officer Tim Macready also commented, saying, "The RIAA Superannuation Fund Responsible Investment Certification is a valuable recognition of the work that our Fund does to achieve good outcomes ...