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Media Super CIO departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Jon Glass has left his role as chief investment officer at industry fund Media Super. The fund will not appoint a replacement for Glass, with the position of chief investment officer being absorbed into that of chief executive. Media Super chief executive ...

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Planned changes to the regulation of managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) will not go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy ...

OneVue rules out further acquisitions in run up to IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
OneVue chief executive Connie Mckeage has ruled out any more acquisitions as the wholesale SMSF solutions provider looks towards Easter for its much anticipated IPO. Mckeage said that despite OneVue "always looking for acquisitions" in the platform ...

SSFS invests in Standard Life alternative fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has invested in Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies Australian Trust (GARS) as part of a broader alternative investment strategy. SSFS did not disclose the amount invested in GARS due to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
The Australian market has rallied strongly after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced he had no plans to invade Ukraine. BBY client adviser Henry Jennings said Wall Street and European markets had rallied strongly after Mr Putin played down the ...

CFS outlines post-awards plans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Colonial First State (CFS) has revealed how it will approach a post-awards environment, including the use of advisers and targeting business bank customers. The fund management and super arm of banking giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has ...

HIP Super CEO resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Health Industry Plan (HIP) Super chief executive Ross Bernays has resigned from his role effective immediately and ahead of the super fund merger with Prime Super. HIP Super confirmed Bernays' resignation and a spokesperson of the fund told Financial ...

Providers not meeting demand for aged care products

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Product providers are being slow at providing advisers with tools adapted to the new aged care legislation coming in on July 2014. "For lots of advisers specialised in aged care, there are not enough tools and all the work around calculations is pretty ...

AFA Plan For Life - Life Company Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The annual AFA / Plan for Life - Life Company Awards was created to award the best life companies of the year in eight different categories. The 9th edition of the event will take place in Sydney on March 12 and recognises the life companies' product ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The extra time Australian advisers spend on administration and compliance compared to global advisers is costing them more than $15,000 a year, according to research by CoreData. Administration and compliance make up about 30% of Australian advisers' ...