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Link Fund Solutions chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
The chief executive of Link Fund Solutions has resigned to take on a new role with a $133 billion fund administrator. Andy Harrison has been appointed as the new chief executive of Mainstream Fund Services, Australia. Taking on the role in October ...

AustralianSuper boosts digital capabilities for engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Australia's biggest industry superannuation fund is seeing greater member engagement by way of its recently launched chatbot and new in-app messaging capability. Having launched in December 2017, AustralianSuper's partnership with digital messaging ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
The corporate regulator said Spaceship's upbeat description of its growth option made "misleading claims" to attract new superannuation members. Spaceship's GrowthX option claimed to "measure companies" while in reality 79% of the fund was tracking ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Perhaps it's being drowned by the ongoing Trump/Xi "my tariff is bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, or the Trump/Stormy Daniels alleged dalliance, or the alleged Trump/FBI raid on the offices of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen... but whatever it ...

Active manager launches Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
A $109 billion quantitative investment manager is launching its new Australian equities strategy with an undisclosed amount in seed capital from Russell Investments. The Man Numeric Australia Core strategy will pick Australian mid to large cap stocks ...

Royal Commission to take "labyrinthine" advice legislation to task

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
In its background paper leading up to the financial advice inquiry on April 16, the Royal Commission has called out the "labyrinthine" regulatory regime in which the industry operates. The paper notes the current legislative framework for financial ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Trump and Xi's game of tariff poker goes on. Whether it's Trump's "art of the deal" tactic or a true blue (fallacious) plan to make "America Great Again," only Trump knows - problem is, China's Supremo isn't blinking. To be sure, the prospect of an ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
The life insurance industry is failing to prove it can self-regulate via its two "deficient" codes, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers' submission to the banking Royal Commission. There have been more than 700 breaches of the Life Insurance Code ...

Spotlight on financial elder abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
While financial advisers are among those best placed to identify instances of financial elder abuse, cases are continually slipping under the radar as it becomes increasingly difficult to recognise. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical ...

Asset consultant announces senior hire

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
An Australian asset consultant with $300 billion in funds under advice has landed a Mercer lead consultant to strengthen its advice capabilities. Elie Saikaly will join the senior advisory ranks at Frontier Advisors as a principal consultant from June. ...