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AustralianSuper chief calls for man on the moon moment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has called for the superannuation industry to have a grand ambition that includes delivering every Australian an adequate retirement income. Delivering an oration at the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

Telstra Super CIO to leave fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Telstra Super's chief investment officer is leaving the fund to join an Australian funds management giant. Jim Christensen will join the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) as managing director, global multi-asset on 11 January, reporting to the ...

Bennelong appoints distribution director from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed a new director distribution - national accounts. Jonas Daly joins Bennelong from Colonial First State where he held alliance fund management roles and oversaw distribution of FirstChoice multi-manager products. ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Mergers and acquisitions of advice practices are happening at an unprecedented level due to excellent market conditions, according to Forte Asset Management director Steven Prendeville. Speaking at a panel session of the FPA Congress titled 'How to ...

National Achievement Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
Three of the industry's leading fund executives have been honoured with National Achievement Awards at a ceremony in Melbourne. Initiated by La Trobe Financial back in 2012 and now proudly supported by Financial Standard, the awards recognise the outstanding ...

Digital evolution highlighted at AIST awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) recognised clever use of data segmentation and social media campaigns to improve female member engagement at its annual Awards for Excellence. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said this year's ...

Paradigm appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
Paradigm Group, an investment advisory group that focuses exclusively on executives, professionals and business owners, has appointed a new chief executive. Bill Danaher joins Paradigm from Industry Fund Services, where he was also chief executive. ...

Sunsuper awards large multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Sunsuper has awarded a large multi-asset mandate to a global fund manager. As a result, Neuberger Berman will now manage a diversified multi-asset class strategy for the superannuation fund. It will also provide real-time access to different asset class ...

AMG to take Abax stake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Global asset manager AMG has entered into an agreement to acquire an equity stake in Abax Investments. Based in Cape Town and formed in 2003, Abax is a South African investment management firm with over $7.6 billion in assets under management. It specialises ...

Finsia partners with Hong Kong institute

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
A growing number of Australasian financial services professionals in Hong Kong have helped establish a partnership between two industry development groups. The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment ...