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UniSuper chairman steps down, successor appointed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... the appointment of new independent director, Mark Armour. He comes to the fund with a distinguished executive career in funds management and financial services, both globally and in Australia, including; head of the European business of Invesco, chief ...

Strong quarter for CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... strong quarterly performance, according to a trading update released to the ASX. Assets under management rose by 6%, while funds under administration increased by 7% in the three months to March compared to the previous corresponding period. AUM and ...

ESG holds key to adviser client retention

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... estimates there is currently $23 trillion invested responsibly worldwide, which equates to about 25% of the world's managed funds - one in every four dollars. Calvert Research and Management became an affiliate of Eaton Vance in December 2016.

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Vanguard Australia will slash fees across its multi-asset suite and revise the funds' strategic asset allocation for the first time since 2013. From July, five wholesale diversified funds will have management expense ratios reduced to 0.29%. These funds ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... accounted for 5.2% of the increase in private sector employment," Eslake said. The decision to allow self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to borrow for residential property investment - Howard/Costello, 2007 In 2007, during the last months of the ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Commission recommended a number of changes to the current default fund system and took aim at both industry and retail super funds, describing its own report as a "wake-up call" to the entire industry, which "has become complacent with a steady flow ...

BTFG drags Westpac performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... the life insurance market, and the number of BT Super for Life customers increased by 4% during the period. Meanwhile, its funds management business reported positive flows, with funds under management up 19% and funds under administration hitting $3.9 ...

New CFO for Vanguard Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... statutory level, as well as fund accounting, administration and transfer agency services for Vanguard Australia's managed funds and separately managed accounts. "Johanna brings valuable experience to Vanguard Australia at a time when our sustained growth ...

SMSF rollovers hit $8 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Retail superannuation funds accounted for more than half of the $8.1 billion rolled in to self-managed super funds in the 12 months to June 2016. Rainmaker analysis of APRA data also shows retail super funds made up nine of the biggest 10 outflows to ...

Court approves Rubik sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... share - at the time, this represented a 52% premium to Rubik's last closing price. Rubik's largest shareholders - Viburnum Funds, LHC Capital Partners and Regal Funds Management, which collectively represented 44% of shares on issue at the time - all ...