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Super funds sluggish on technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... time constraints, and the challenge of connecting with members who are not always motivated to understand their superannuation let alone engage with their fund." Technology is one area where bank-owned retail funds have a massive advantage over their ...

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
As compliance costs for super funds skyrocket, small super funds are cooperating to find ways of achieving scale without having to merge, according to IFAA trustee services manager Michael Corcoran. Corcoran, who provides secretariat and advisory services ...

LGsuper ups board independence

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Queensland local government employees superannuation fund LGsuper has appointed three new independent directors to its board of directors and are set to introduce a new board structure in the second half of 2014. From this time the board will be made ...

HUB24 inks deal with Premium

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
HUB24 has inked a deal to administer a new white label investment and superannuation wrap offering for boutique financial advisory group Premium Wealth Management (Premium). As part of the agreement, the HUB24 platform will be branded for use by Premium's ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...

Nearly 50% of woman to suffer under LISC dumping

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has ramped up its campaign to save the low income superannuation concession (LISC), saying scrapping Labor's plan will hurt almost one in two Australian women. The industry body also claimed that the repeal of the LISC ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Eaton Vance Management International (EVMI) has appointed former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST ) chief executive Steve Gibbs as senior advisor to its Australian business and its two affiliate fund managers, Parametric and Hexavest. ...

AMP buys another SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013

Link Super retains LGS admin contract

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has reappointed Link Super as the fund's administration provider after conducting a tender process. Subject to the usual reviews and due diligence, the four-and-a-half year administration agreement will commence July 1 ...

ASFA reshuffles board, appoints new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed a new chair and two new members have joined its board of directors. TAL managing director Jim Minto is the board's new chair. Minto has been an ASFA director since November 2009 ...