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Industry funds name new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... partner at Ernst and Young. Fairley said Cameron was selected after a highly competitive search process and was the unanimous choice of both the Catholic Super and Equipsuper boards. Catholic Super chair Danny Casey said Cameron has extensive experience ...

FASEA approves more coursework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... executive Stephen Glenfield said the bridging courses build on the body of courses approved by FASEA and provides additional choice to advisers seeking to meet the education standard by 1 January 2024. As for awarding credits for CIMA and CFA coursework ...

AFA names Female Excellence finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Women who are standouts in their community contributions have come out on top in the 2019 Female Excellence in Advice Award (FEIA) finalists list. That's according to TAL general manager retail distribution Niall McConville, who said the finalists stood ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
BlackRock has lost more than US$90 billion ($133bn) by investing in fossil fuel-dependent companies over the last decade, a new report criticising the world's largest fund manager about its failure to manage climate risk shows. The Institute for ...

Industry super fund adds director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... great asset to AvSuper," Firkins said. Recently the fund announced it would lower its investment fees for all investment choice members, with savings of $103 per year for members with an average balance invested in the fund's growth option. Members with ...

More jobs more problems: FSC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... duplicate fees and charges as a result," Loane said. "Under the current default system, most Australians do not make a choice when it comes to their super fund, and every time they change jobs, they're defaulted into a new, separate account, while the ...

Pengana adds fee class for global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... Pengana Capital Group chief executive Russel Pillemer said. "Advisers are increasingly telling is that they are looking for choice, not only in access to a broader range of investment opportunities and structure than ever before, but also pricing structures ...

Iress announces changes to Xplan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... particularly around the overall user experience and search capability," Chen said. "In fact, of those users already offered the choice between the previous and new navigation, 90% have chosen the new experience and continued to use this." Xplan said ...

Industry super fund discounts investment fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... its investment fees for some options as of August 1. Profit-for-member fund AvSuper is reducing fees for all investment choice members. AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade said while the reductions vary for different investment options, they will ultimately ...

UniSuper advice offering surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... relates specifically to personal advice, including intra-fund advice, UniSuper said. Most of this advice covers investment choice, contributions to super, insurance, Flexi Pension set ups and non-super investments/regular savings plans. In terms of general ...