October 12, 2014

Scott Donald

The systemic risk in big super funds

(Pictured: Scott Donald) With more than 200 big APRA-regulated super funds – both not-for-profit and commercial – diversity would appear to be another line of defence for the superannuation industry in the event of an unexpected shock. But new research has

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Susan Thorp

At last: an academic profile of what motivates SMSFs

(Pictured: Susan Thorp) The average SMSF member is likely to be less “highly numerate” than the average member of a big super fund, but more financially numerate and more knowledgeable of the rules surrounding super. The SMSF trustee is also likely

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Paul Woolley

Dysfunctionality studies coming together ‘like magic’

 (Pictured: Paul Woolley) The study of capital market dysfunctionality, which former fund manager Paul Woolley embarked on in 2007, investing £5 million (A$9.25 million) of his own money to establish three study centres around the world, is turning out to be

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Bruce Murphy

Murphy to depart BNY Mellon for Pareto

 (Pictured: Bruce Murphy) Bruce Murphy, managing director responsible for the Australian funds management business of BNY Mellon, is to leave that position to take up a senior role at one of the firm’s affiliate managers, Insight Pareto. A search is underway

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David Chaplin

Movement among KiwiSavers but banks dominate

 (Pictured: David Chaplin) The NZ$21.4 billion (A$19.3 billion) KiwiSaver Scheme, which is shared between 35 banks, managers and other service providers, has seen an uptick in investor switching in the past year, with the two Australian-owned banks, ANZ and BNZ (owned

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Andrew Harrison

White outsourcing enters custody market for boutiques

(Pictured: Andrew Harrison) White Outsourcing, the specialist funds manager administrator, has entered the custody market, concentrating on the small end – primarily boutique managers – which is a segment that has been increasingly eschewed by the big custodian banks. It has

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Andrew Harrison

White outsourcing enters custody market for boutiques

(Pictured: Andrew Harrison) White Outsourcing, the specialist funds manager administrator, has entered the custody market, concentrating on the small end – primarily boutique managers – which is a segment that has been increasingly eschewed by the big custodian banks. It has

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Iain Dunstan

Dunstan decamps to head up Rubik wealth

(Pictured: Iain Dunstan) Iain Dunstan has been appointed the managing director, wealth, at Rubik Financial, the listed banking and wealth management systems company, replacing Wayne Wilson, who resigned recently. Dunstan, most recently the regional director of global technology group Avalog, was

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Iain Dunstan

Dunstan decamps to head up Rubik wealth

(Pictured: Iain Dunstan) Iain Dunstan has been appointed the managing director, wealth, at Rubik Financial, the listed banking and wealth management systems company, replacing Wayne Wilson, who resigned recently. Dunstan, most recently the regional director of global technology group Avalog, was

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Chris Tse

Together again: FTSE and ASFA’s bond index

(Pictured: Chris Tse) The unlikely alliance of FTSE, the index provider owned by the London Stock Exchange, and ASFA, Australia’s super fund association, has teamed up again for a new series of indices in Australia, this time for bonds. The FTSE

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