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MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... current legislative and other impediments are removed. Speaking in a panel discussion hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), MetLife head of retirement solutions Ashvin Arora said: "I think certainly it's a worthwhile ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... process which explored possible takeovers of smaller entities as well as mergers with larger industry and retail superannuation funds, Chifley Super said a merger with Sunsuper is in the best interest of its 18,000 members. Chifley Super is owned and ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
UK retirees are using higher proportions of their retirement savings to pay off debt, reveals the Spring 2013 UK Aviva Real Retirement Report. "Despite the increasing tendency to work past the old Default Retirement Age of 65, it seems more people are ...

FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Paton said that demand for the bonds had come from a range of sources including private investors, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and institutions. When the PMP Limited issue is completed, FIIG will have raised more than $300 million in corporate ...

Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... commitments, which include "sorting out the landmines left by Labor in areas like taxation, financial services and superannuation." The Senator said that he has met with the Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office "to map out an approach to simplify ...

AMP reveals new leadership team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Government to reduce impediments to the provision of adequate retirement income stream products such as annuities. ASFA acting chief executive Ross Clare said now was an "opportune ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... be subject to tighter regulation. Last month Australian Taxation Office (ATO) assistant deputy commissioner for superannuation, Stuart Forsyth, speaking at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia's (ICAA) National SMSF Conference said that ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has said it has become the first Australian superannuation fund to invest in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) $250 million Green Bond. Funds raised through the Green Bond - which was issued on ...