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Telstra Super appoints new CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... search, we have been able to appoint Chris Davies to the role. Chris has the credentials and experience across the superannuation and financial services industry to lead the fund forward," Telstra Super chairman David Leggo said. "Chris joins at an exciting ...

Independent providers fail at cross-selling banking products

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
AMP and industry funds are the major providers of superannuation for consumers and businesses, but they have had very little success at selling banking products to their customers. Only 1.6% of industry fund personal members deal with ME Bank and only ...

Anne Street SMSF advice falls under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... being sufficiently tailored to the needs of each client. Anne Street Partners failed to compare clients' existing superannuation to the recommended SMSF, to considerate suitable alternative strategies that would have met clients' needs and to take into ...

Employer super contributions down as jobless figure rises

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Employer superannuation contributions saw their biggest fall in the 2013 June quarter since the global financial crisis, according to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief economist James Bond. The FSC's Bond Report put the figure at $489 million ...

AMP bolsters corporate super business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
AMP Financial Services has made a series of senior appointments to its corporate super business in an effort to cope with major regulatory change and changing customer preferences. AMP Corporate Super leadership team will have now six directors that ...

Mercer trumpets "lifetime super concessional cap"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Mercer has proposed that lifetime concessional caps on superannuation contributions would be a fairer system than the current annual concessional cap of $25,000. This policy would particularly help those approaching retirement who have not benefited ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Cbus Super will divest its holdings in tobacco companies in the interest of members and their long-term investment returns. The super fund has written to fund managers to instruct them to divest tobacco holdings immediately. Where Cbus invests through ...

Future Fund legally bound to protect docs in AustralianSuper feud

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Development Group form AIX and would oppose a preliminary discovery application from the nation's largest industry superannuation fund.

Super fund sells hospital to government

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
MTAA Super has sold its stake in Mildura Base Hospital (MBH) to the Victorian Government after 13 years of investment in the project. Since 2000, MDH has been under a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement, comprising the Victorian Government ...

NAB hangs on to custody of UBS GAM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... more than $43 billion to State Street in March 2012, while BNP Paribas won custody of AvSuper the following month. Superannuation fund Prime Super, which has been with NAB since 2007, recently put out a tender, and expects to announce the winner within ...