Financial services is not the happiest place to be these days, and nobody’s mood would have been improved by a report last month from JPMorgan Australia chief economist, Stephen Walters. In it he ...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told superannuation funds they will be temporarily allowed to give limited financial advice to members, following a spike in call centre ...

After integrating the Bluedoor administration system into its contributions and payments processes, the $2.4 billion Labour Union Cooperative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) will begin melding the system with ...

The US$13 billion global equities manager Trilogy Global Advisors has joined the growing list of funds managers prepared to call the bottom for equity markets, and is already overweighting stocks ...

The ‘super scammers’ thieving personal financial information from Sydney letterboxes have stripped millions from members’ balances, and the amount is rising, according to the NSW police unit ...

TelstraSuper chief investment officer Graeme Miller will lead the investment operations of the $74 billion Mercer Super. Head ...

A managed investment scheme holding 20 per cent or more in unlisted assets is deemed an illiquid scheme and is restricted ...

In a sign that environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks are becoming a greater concern in China, the country’s first ESG index launched in mid-September as a joint venture between the main ...

Former Insignia Financial chief operating and technology officer Frank Lombardo has been appointed as CEO of MUFG Retirement Solutions for Australia and New Zealand.

JANA Investment Advisers has promoted four senior members to various research teams. JANA has also made three new appointments with Stephanie O’Brien and James Leos joining as senior consultants in ...

It makes intuitive sense that superannuation funds, which are firmly in the retirement business, should look to invest in the villages and nursing homes which their growing legions of ageing members ...

Jack Gray, former strategist with GMO, will present at an upcoming Australia for UNHCR Twilight Seminar about managing information overload in an age where words, figures and other data are produced ...