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Former Bennelong chair joins Copia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
Copia Investment Partners has appointed the former chair of Bennelong Funds Management to its board as it gears up for growth, the company said today. Bruce Loveday has held senior executive positions in banking, asset consulting, institutional stockbroking ...

Successful implementation of super code critical

STEPHEN FAY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
The Conference of Major Super Funds saw discussion on the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice move to issues of implementation as the code's subscription deadline looms. Superannuation funds have until March 30 to indicate whether ...

Trustee of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
A director for HESTA and Frontier Advisors was named the Trustee of the Year at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds. Angela Emslie was recognised by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, with AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck ...

Responding to the revolution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... digital transformation and casualisation of the workforce is the fourth industrial revolution in action and superannuation funds can find lessons in history on how best to respond. Addressing the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Brisbane ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... the wider regulatory framework, AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said. The code comprises 21 requirements that member funds must report against annually on an "if not, why not" basis. It was developed last year to promote continuous improvement of ...

Advisers underprepared for cyber risk high-stakes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
Financial advisers and superannuation funds understand the stakes behind cyber incidents but it's not reflected in business preparation and protection processes. This is a key finding in the latest industry survey from Kamino Cyber Security, a division ...

Crunch time for limited MDA advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... arose about 14 years ago as a result of advisers who had a limited power of attorney from clients to enable them to transfer funds between investment platforms. It eventually opened the door for advisers who invested their assets on regulated platforms ...

REITs the saving grace on SPIVA scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
For the second consecutive year large percentages of Australian funds underperformed their respective benchmarks across most categories in 2017, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Fuds (SPIVA) Australia scorecard. S&P evaluated returns ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... investors receive from excess dividend imputation credits to shut a "generous" tax loophole mostly benefiting self-managed super funds (SMSF). The SMSF Association has hit back at the proposal claiming it unfairly targets the SMSF sector. SMSF Association ...

Regulatory disruption hampers long-term vision for super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck in her opening address at the 2018 Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane this morning. Scheerlinck said the fragmented approach of different government inquiries, reviews by regulators ...