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OneVue appoints new Super Services COO from KPMG

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
OneVue's funds administration arm is welcoming a new chief operating officer. Melissa Gomes joins OneVue from KPMG, where she was associate director of superannuation advisory risk consulting. Prior to that, she held three roles at the Harwood Superannuation ...

Govt reforms can tackle super gender gap: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
In the lead up to this year's Federal budget, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is calling on the Government to take action on a worrying statistic that 80% of women won't have enough money upon retirement. ASFA is using its new white ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... sector will hit $6.5 trillion by that stage, amounting to more than 160% of Australia's GDP. But compared to global pension funds, Australia's super funds ability to invest in the renewable energy sector has been limited, the researchers said. This is ...

CFS partners to create ESG fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... strategic partnerships are with highly specialised global investment managers that enable exclusive access to a broader suite of funds and we are delighted to be bringing the Affirmative Global Bond Fund to the Australian market," Chun said. The fund ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... which was created when NAB merged its MLC MasterKey and Plum superannuation offerings - is one of the largest retail super funds, with more than $78 billion in total assets - it's MySuper fund has about $23.7 billion in AUM. MLC employs about 3300 staff ...

Industry fund appoints new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... and was excited by future plans for the fund. "It's a great privilege to chair one of Australia's oldest superannuation funds. Vision Super has been around for more than 70 years, and today is one of the most efficiently run, lowest-cost industry funds ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
The US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting was both expected and a non-event - it kept the fed funds rate target at 1.5%-1.75% and more or less cut and pasted the FOMC Statement at its 20-21 March meeting. Well, maybe less, for May's statement was ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... New Zealand Elizabeth Trinh, who is based in Hong Kong. American Century already manages about $2 billion in Australian funds from both institutional investors and platforms. "Over the past decade, we've seen a strong level of interest in our investment ...

ASIC deregisters 117 SMSF auditors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... annual statements. The auditors stripped of their registrations will no longer be able to audit self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). "Conducting an audit of an SMSF when not permitted to do so may have further serious consequences for the fund ...