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Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds with higher than average levels of female strategic leadership outperforming other funds forces the question of why the proportion of women in superannuation leadership roles remains so low. Research by Rainmaker into the relative ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... alter policy settings up or down. More so, given widespread expectations that the US Federal Reserve would raise the fed funds rate after it concludes its 15-16 March FOMC meeting. The RBA would welcome such development as a Fed rate hike would signal ...

SMSFs benefit from DomaCom deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... direct property exposure from a number of our advisory firm clients, particularly those working with self-managed super funds," Heather said. Heather said that, until now, direct property had to be implemented external to a managed account solution and ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... positive reaction to them have increased the odds (89% according to CME Group) that the US Federal Reserve would raise the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points when the FOMC concludes its two-day meeting on the 15th of March. Fed Chair Janet Yellen ...

Trustee Partners hunts GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... consulting division of Tidswell Financial Services, and is aiming to provide an alternative trustee business for superannuation funds and fintech entrepreneurs. Trustee Partners has operations in Melbourne and Adelaide and opened a Sydney office this ...

Bennelong hires insto sales director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Bennelong Funds Management appointed a new director of institutional sales. Matthew Briggs joins Bennelong from Citigroup, where he held multiple positions over 11 years - most recently a sales role at Prime Finance. At Bennelong he will report to head ...

Australian hedge fund tops global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... management, with more than $1 billion invested in hedge fund strategies. Across the Asia-Pacific region, two other Australian funds made the top five performing hedge funds. Ranked fourth and fifth respectively, NAOS Asset Management's Emerging Opportunities ...

Super doesn't need tender system: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is urging the Productivity Commission to reject the consideration of adopting a Chilean-style tender process for default super in Australia. ASFA's latest research paper says adopting the Chilean ...

Custody sector hits $3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Street and Citigroup. The industry is forecast to hit $9.5 trillion by 2035 off the back of growth in industry and retail funds, and the increasing popularity of SMSFs in post-retirement phase, according to ACSA, citing research from Deloitte. Among ...

Super funds trawling eBay for legacy parts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
FSC chief executive Sally Loane believes financial services laws are "locking down" the industry and consumers into out-dated products. Speaking at the FSC State of the Industry address in Sydney, Loane said the problem is embedded to the extent where ...