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Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Award' holder Brian Freeman. "Not only have our AFA members funded their own trek, but each has undertaken to raise valuable funds for the AFA Foundation. We know they will welcome any encouragement and support from you," the Foundation said. Funds raised ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Trustees is urging the Senate to reject the Turnbull Government's proposal to mandate a governance model for superannuation funds and preserve the equal representation rule. In response to the Superannuation Laws Amendment (Strengthening Trustee Arrangements) ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... our exclusive newsletter wrap-up, out tomorrow morning. 6.08pm - The AFA Foundation raises more than $41,000 thanks to the funds raised by the 2017 AFA Kokoda trekkers, including former CEO Brad Fox who raised the highest amount, more than $10,000, for ...

Praemium continues record inflow streak

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... a board spill in May. Australian inflows represented the majority ($587 million) of that total, which brings Praemium's funds under administration to $6.6 billion. Praemium also announced that by the end of the year, its Australian separately-managed ...

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Two of Australia's largest superannuation funds have partnered to address investors' growing concerns about the long-term viability of the coal sector in Australia. Cbus and First State Super, working with the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...

DomaCom appoints new Responsible Entity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... at a vote of unit holders later this month. The decision to appoint MSC enables DomaCom to have debt within property sub-funds - something it is in the final stages of implementing the legal requirements for. "We believe that this will be a key driver ...

Industry sentiment mixed: ETF spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
The industry is ambivalent about the role exchange-traded funds are playing in potentially distorting share prices and causing bubbles, according to Financial Standard's weekly poll. Twenty per cent of respondents strongly agreed the inflow to ETFs ...

We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... increased its allocation to liquid alternatives to park money awaiting investment opportunities to emerge. Sicilia said super funds with flexible and resilient investment strategies can best adapt to political influences and populist outcomes. He said ...

Derivatives specialist opens Sydney office, appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... range of risk management solutions to our growing key client segments across asset managers, banking, commercials, hedge funds and proprietary trading," Duffy said. CME managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Christopher Fix added: "Australia is central ...

Life insurance complaints down: FOS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... more investment and advice disputes accepted in 2016-2017. Of the investments and advice disputes, 25% involved mixed asset funds, largely in relation to inappropriate advice (24%). In life insurance, about half (48%) the disputes involved income protection ...