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Super funds countdown to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Superannuation funds called up to the financial services Royal Commission now have less than four weeks to prepare, as the fifth round commences on August 6 in Melbourne. The fourth round of hearings, which focused on agricultural financing and interactions ...

Victorian super funds discuss merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
Two Victorian industry superannuation funds are in talks to merge, highlighting the benefits of scale to about 120,000 members. Prime Super and Combined Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, announcing the two funds are in advanced merger ...

Queensland industry funds merge

HARRISON WORLEY AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... than 100,000 members. Sunsuper is the fastest growing fund in Australia with about 1.3 million members and $55 billion in funds under management. As such, the merger will create one of the largest superannuation funds in Australia, with $58 billion in ...

Montgomery Global IM opens New York office, hires analyst

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... being closer to the "research hub" and potentially raising capital from North American investors. It has $500 million in funds under management and is a subsidiary of the eight-year-old Montgomery Investment Management, which has just crossed $1.5 billion ...

HSBC quietly exits financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... Millennium3, Financial Services Partners and Elders Financial Planning comprising 717 aligned advisers and $19.5 billion in funds under advice will operate under the IOOF network. Last month, HSBC group chief executive John Flint told shareholders that ...

Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... recent role, Clapham served as AXA Investment Managers' head of consultant relations and the head of sovereign wealth funds and central banks (Asia), insto sales. He will focus on building new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships ...

EQT creates governance analysis role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... John Crocker who opted to retire from the position. Lally is also the former chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia.

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
AustralianSuper has been ranked the top superannuation fund for member engagement services in 2017, at a time when funds across the industry grapple with digital transformation, Investment Trends research shows. Sunsuper, HESTA, QSuper and Hostplus ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... part of the state budget last month. It will be seeded with $3 billion in the 2018-2019 budget. The NSW government will add funds from the sale of its remaining 49% share in the WestConnex project to the NGF. Separately, NSW Government has created a ...

Leave dividend imputation system as is: Plato

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... worse off. He added the proposals were "very discriminatory," particularly against SMSFs. Members of mature superannuation funds are discriminated against versus members of less mature funds, he explained. Mature funds are SMSFs whose members are all ...