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TAL's profits take a beating

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... premiums," Minto said. He went on: "While there has been publicity about price increases for life insurance within superannuation, the availability of life cover in super has resulted in many people getting access to cover they might not otherwise have ...

Digital shift leaves industry funds behind

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... communicating with their members by email. "There is a lot of catching up to do for some super funds," the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos said. "It is all about the amount of communication that funds ...

Claims surge forces insurer to increase pricing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... operates under Beazley's umbrella. Through Australian Income Protection, Beazley provides insurance services to three superannuation funds in Australia. "There needs to be a pricing adjustment to make sure that the policies that are rationed through ...

Industry and retail models increasingly similar: Sunsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The industry and retail superannuation sectors are increasingly resembling one another in all but ownership model, according to Sunsuper's new chief executive Scott Hartley. Hartley, who starts in the top job at the Queensland industry fund in January ...

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Industry super funds can get an advantage over self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) by using their scale to exploit the "illiquidity premium" that exists in unlisted markets such as infrastructure, according to Brett Himbury, chief executive of ...

CIO exit forces Bedlam closure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... opportunity posed by the soft-closure of a number of top-performing emerging market equity funds to attract Australian superannuation clients. The story serves to remind investors of the risk of a key person departing one of their fund managers. Funds ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013

The New Daily not an investment: Silk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The New Daily news publication is not an investment but a member engagement tool, AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has said. Silk told Financial Standard that, since news of the new publication hit the press over the weekend, there had been ...

AUST(Q) Super and AustralianSuper to merge in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The merger between AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super will be effective from January 1, 2014, following the successful completion of the due diligence process. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks ...

Sinodinos hints at relaxing conflicted remuneration rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. In a pre-recorded interview with Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos shown to delegates at the industry body's annual conference ...