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Fund member admin in spotlight at super forum

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... QSuper and BNP Paribas headlines an upcoming event that focuses on what happens behind the scenes when running a superannuation fund. International Business Review will hold its Superannuation Fund Back Office: Member Administration and Investment Operations ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and four universities has been launched today. The CSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Cluster has been funded jointly with $3 million coming from CSIRO, $3m from university partners led by Monash ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Recovering pension account balances in the US is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension ...

Coalition urged to rethink super slash costings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
The Coalition has been urged to reconsider its decision to scrap the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme and delay the increase of the super guarantee (SG), which it announced in its costings yesterday. In a joint statement, Women in ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Coalition has confirmed that it will make $1.6 billion budget saving A by delaying the increase of the compulsory superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. After pressure from Labor shadow treasurer Joe Hockey released a seven-page document that promised ...

Peter Collins to chair ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Former Liberal politician and NSW Treasurer Peter Collins has been appointed chair of Industry Super Network (ISN). ISN has also appointed former Labor Premier of Victoria John Brumby as deputy chair of the board. Collins was a member of NSW Parliament ...

Moore Stephens appoints GM of wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... for him to actively contribute to the overall growth strategy in financial planning and the booming self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) market," Pickard said. "Moore Stephens has positioned a broad service offering for businesses and high net worth ...

Super behemoths set to lock horns in Supreme Court

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Two behemoths of the superannuation industry, AustralianSuper and the Future Fund, will meet in the Victorian Supreme Court in mid-October to dispute the circumstances around the sale of a 29.7% stake in Perth airport. AustralianSuper, which manages ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Council (FSC) has seen its first practical manifestation in a joint response to CPA Australia's report into the superannuation system. The strongly-worded response, penned by ISN chief executive David Whiteley and FSC chief executive John Brogden, called ...

Mercer gives taster of MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... think you should be looking at the accumulation phase of a member's life when you're developing a solution for superannuation," he said. "Our solution takes a member all the way through into retirement and doesn't just take them to retirement." When ...