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ASIC charges unlicensed SMSF loan provider

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
ASIC has brought criminal charges against a former company director for offering "loans" based on future superannuation entitlements. Grant Thorsby Ross (alias David Thorsby Ross) was the former sole director of Motabank and Multimedia Marketing, and ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... completely divested from coal, First State Super's socially responsible investment options are fossil fuel free and Future Super, Australia's only fossil fuel free super fund, has gained 3,000 members since it was founded in September 2014. Wood said ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... considered to be fossil fuel free and sustainably sound have been given a helping hand. Today Thomson Reuters and Future Super have launched two indices aiming to serve growing demand for ethical investment as investors see potential high returns combined ...

Bendigo wealth earnings fall 20pct despite acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... income of $5.2 million. However, total funds management grew 22%, following Bendigo's acquisition of an 11% stake in Future Super in September 2014. Future Super was launched by former leader of advocacy group GetUp and is Australia's first fossil fuel ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Hall, UCA Australia, UniSuper and HESTA all announced fossil fuel screening policies, while Simon Sheikh launched Future Super, a 'fossil free superannuation fund'. Since the UN Climate Summit, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) - which represents ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... candidate Simon Sheikh has launched what he claims is Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund. Sheikh said Future Super stemmed from what he perceived as growing frustration with the government's inaction on climate change. "For the first ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... integrating all assets a member will have at retirement including the amount currently in super, the age pension and future super contributions to address sequencing risk. "It's a really important innovation to try and do individual accounts based on ...

Separate wealth from income strategy: Merton

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... integrating all assets a member will have at retirement including the amount currently in super, the age pension and future super contributions to address sequencing risk. Each member account would then be managed custom to that member's goal and circumstance ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
The ACT government will become the first government in Australia to specifically exclude its investment funds from investing into the tobacco and arms industries. The prohibition is expected to only marginally impact the investment strategy of the $2.3 ...

NTEU wants changes at UniSuper trustee company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
The National Tertiary Education Union, the main union representing UniSuper fund members, has written to members outlining their response to concerns about the superannuation fund. In a statement issued yesterday, the NTEU said, "The Union will take ...