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Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Australia's $2.8 trillion private debt market could offer stable income opportunities for superannuation funds and high-net-worth individuals alongside capital preservation, according to fixed income veteran Bob Sahota. The private debt market in Australia ...

AET appoints new head of corporate trust

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... industry. The move follows competitor Perpetual Corporate Trust appointing Vicki Riggio as its new general manager of managed funds services this week. Riggio will replace Andrew Cannane who vacated the role to link with Evans Dixon.

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... time for industry, regulators, policy-makers, employers and unions to come together to discuss solutions," he said. The funds said the research indicates a design fault in the scope of the existing legislation, assuming the majority of Australian workers ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Only one in five financial advisers consider clients' self-managed superannuation funds to be well diversified. The 2018 SMSF Insights Paper - a collaboration between Investment Trends, BT Financial Group and the SMSF Association - shows that despite ...

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... estimate about 30% of financial advisers are currently using managed accounts, comprising an average of 33% of their practice's funds under administration. This is expected to rise to 51% in the next three years.

APRA urges super funds to examine board skills

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... licensees of various size, type, ownership model and board structure. The findings of its review led APRA to recommend that funds consider the optimal composition of boards in addition to recommending board renewal processes are sound and strike the ...

Industry fund chief executive retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
The chief executive at one of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds will retire at year's end. Chief executive of First State Super, Michael Dwyer, will depart the 750,000 member super fund in November following his current contract ...

TCorp investment operations boss departs in leadership restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... operations team, who will now report to chief operating officer Paul Smith. "Jonathan played a pivotal role in the 2015 NSW Funds Management Amalgamation program, delivering ongoing annual savings to the state of around $34 million per annum, and successfully ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Two prominent industry superannuation funds, managing more than $174 billion, are the primary signatories to Australia's first asset owner stewardship code. AustralianSuper and HESTA have committed to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... least $3 billion stripped from the retirement savings of the working men and women who are members of our superannuation funds," he said. He sees investors, in particular superannuation funds, making significant and systematic contributions to rebuilding ...