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Vale John O'Connell

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
John O'Connell, founder and chief investment officer of the Macquarie Group-owned robo-advice venture Owners Advisory, has passed away at the age of 53. O'Connell had a long and distinguished career at Macquarie, starting as a senior analyst in the ...

New lead for BNY Mellon APAC custody business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
BNY Mellon will welcome a new Asia Pacific head of asset servicing from Northern Trust. Rohan Singh has been appointed to the role, leaving Northern Trust where he was most recently country head, Singapore and head of South East Asia. To be based in ...

Queensland DB super liabilities tipped to fall 18pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
Queensland's public sector superannuation liability is expected to fall $7 billion over the next five years, and this is despite the state's defined benefit scheme surplus being partially repatriated. The figures were published in the Queensland Government ...

Not too late to maximise super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
With legislative changes only a few weeks away, advisers should be on top of boosting clients' super balances, according to a superannuation expert. Perpetual Private head of strategic advice Colin Lewis told Financial Standard one of the most critical ...

Grant Samuel finalises fifth partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management formed a new partnership with a Melbourne-based global equities manager. Munro Partners' long/short global equities fund - the Munro Global Growth Fund - will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by GSFM, which has ...

NAB sells trustee business to IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
IOOF will acquire National Australia Trustees Limited following an agreement with NAB, making it one of Australia's largest compensation trust providers. IOOF managing director Christopher Kelaher described National Australia Trustees' offering as a ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The largest educator-only pension fund in the world is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Yesterday's NAB Monthly Business Survey report confirmed that the first quarter slowdown in Australia's economic growth (to 1.7% from 2.4% in the December quarter) was anything but transitory. Although the business conditions index dipped by one point ...

The changing face of underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Facial analytics may play a key role in calculating future life insurance premiums thanks to a North Carolina technology firm claiming its platform returns lifespan estimates more accurate than traditional methods. Lapetus Life Event Solutions recently ...

Tasplan awards $265m equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Industry super fund Tasplan awarded a $265 million mandate to an international asset manager. Robeco, bringing its aggregate Australian assets under management to about $2.5 billion, will manage the Tasplan funds in its enhanced low-volatility Global ...