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Executive pay under spotlight in new ACSI guidelines

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has published new governance guidelines outlining how it will assess the behaviour and performance of public company directors. The updated guidelines, developed in consultation with ACSI member ...

Direct investment option key to retain fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Offering a direct investment option (DIO) within a superannuation fund could be the key to retaining members and discouraging them from moving to self-managed super funds (SMSF). A CoreData Member Retention report found that a DIO within the super fund ...

ATO launches superannuation video comp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched its annual video competition and this year the theme is superannuation engagement for young people. The ATO has also opened the video competition to any student from any Australian tertiary or vocational ...

Howes to join AMP wealth management business

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... appointment at the Actuaries Institute she was the director of policy & industry practice at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). She was also an actuary at ALEA Actuarial Consulting and director, superannuation and retirement ...

AMP, Bendigo and MTAA get MySuper licenses

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
AMP, Bendigo and MTAA Super are the latest superannuation groups to receive MySuper authorisation, taking the number of MySuper products to 62 just four months from the 1 January 2014 deadline. AMP has named its two MySuper products AMP MySuper No 1 ...

Hybrids must better convey risk: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... There were approximately 75,000 investors in hybrid securities last year, two thirds of whom were self-managed superannuation funds. ASIC Commissioner John Price said: "We have responded to the increased issuance and popularity of hybrids by working ...

SSgA launches cheap lifestyle funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... impact of high fund turnover. The new suite of funds has been manufactured in response to the losses experienced by superannuation investors during the GFC. Traditional portfolio construction techniques have been revealed to have more than 90% of the ...

Actuaries Institute recruiting after CEO resignation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... appointment at the Actuaries Institute she was the director of policy & industry practice at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). She was also an actuary at ALEA Actuarial Consulting and director, superannuation and retirement ...

NAB tight-lipped on latest redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Street and BNP Paribas, their place at the top is no longer secured. NAB recently lost the business of two giant superannuation funds, Sunsuper and QSuper, to State Street, while J.P. Morgan lost HOSTPLUS to Citi. Whether the redundancies in the custodian ...

Annuity sales reinforce solid Challenger result

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... growing part of Challenger in both a FUM and earnings sense. It's leveraged to markets and the mandated growth of our superannuation system. We added two new boutiques to Fidante Partners post-30 June and are looking to back additional teams this year," ...