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Mercer appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... ongoing compliance with the relevant laws and licensing requirements. Mercer managing director and Pacific market leader, Ben Walsh, said O'Connor "not only brings a high level of commercial acumen, strategic thinking and leadership to the MSAL Board ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tailored investment solutions are more important to advisers using managed accounts than excessively wide ranges of investment choices, according to Rainmaker research. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Rainmaker ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
It could be because of China's one-week hiatus or the Fed's decision to maintain policy settings where they are or the resurgence in equity and commodity markets or all of the above but it seems the times. they're not a-changin'. This, at least, could ...

Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
The recent plunge in local and global stock markets saw super fund returns dip but performance is still solid over the longer term. According to figures from Rainmaker, the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index fell sharply during August ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Debate around definitions for total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance claims through superannuation funds has again come under the spotlight. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney this morning ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Like the energizer bunny, China keeps on going and going... and going. Certainly, concerns are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... the trading of secondary equity on public markets, which does not in itself create any inherent value." H2 Ventures chairman Ben Heap also noted that VC tends to "create a little nucleus of activity" in the relevant sector of investment, which spurs ...

Lonsec launches investment solutions division

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Lonsec Fiscal has launched a new business division, Lonsec Investment Solutions, which will be led by Lukasz de Pourbaix in the chief investment officer role. The new division will be responsible for building model portfolios for advisers. It has been ...

Findex hires head of risk from Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Findex has appointed a former Macquarie executive lead its commission-free risk business and build the corporate benefits consulting arm. As head of risk and corporate benefits, Patrick Dieter will also be responsible for reviewing and growing the company's ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Several superannuation representative groups are addressing federal parliament with the belief there are too many holes for women in Australia's current retirement savings system. Ahead of the Senate public hearing looking at economic security for women ...