The Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) is turning 21 at a time of unprecedented change for the industry, so it’s no surprise a record number of delegates will attend – but service providers need to hurry if they haven’t registered yet.
One man’s secondaries are another man’s pleasure
Jeremy Coller, the founder of Coller Capital, gets annoyed by the “misnomer’ that private-equity secondaries are somehow secondhand and, to put it in his inimitable phrase, “crap”. It’s a sensitive point for Coller, who founded his company in 1989 and was one of the world’s first purchasers of existing private-equity interests, later moving on to … Read more
Risk, compliance demands part of Asia-Pacific growth
The mushrooming of financial services firms in the Asia Pacific region and their anticipated growth is being matched by the similarly rapid development of support businesses, such as systems providers. GREG BRIGHT spoke with SunGard’s Robert Ward in Beijing.
Funds move on SMSFs’ advance
Much of the wealth amassed in the self-managed superannuation sector has been directly rolled out of industry and retail funds. Should collective funds clearly differentiate themselves from this new competitor, or adapt some of its attributes as they develop strategies to retain members? SIMON MUMME and PHILIPPA YELLAND report.
