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Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
1. QSuper public offer move reshapes competitive landscape The decision to make Queensland government superannuation funds QSuper and LGIAsuper public offer could have far-reaching ramifications for Australia's superannuation sector. When QSuper especially ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US composite PMI Markit Economics' flash US composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
For the first time in its 10-year history, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment is publishing several ESG recommendations specifically targeted at Australian fiduciaries. The document, Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century ...

Super headaches from ATO system crash

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Australian Taxation Office is working through its worst system outage in recent history, potentially delaying Australians from consolidating or transferring their superannuation before Christmas. The outage began on Monday 12 December, and as of ...

New CEO for WA Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
WA Super named its new chief executive. Fabian Ross will succeed John McNally in the top job, following McNally's decision to retire. Currently BT Financial Group regional executive manager across WA, SA and Victoria, Ross has over 20 years' experience ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

Link completes AustralianSuper transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
More than two million AustralianSuper members have been successfully transitioned by Link Group onto its aaspire administration platform. Ahead of schedule and under budget, the transition is Link's ninth in the past 14 months and brings the total of ...

Super skimming adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
A Gold Coast adviser was permanently banned by ASIC for acting dishonestly and engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Stewart Banks was a representative of Professional Investment Services (PIS) - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrepoint Alliance ...

Life insurers complacent on Big Data

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The lack of urgency displayed by life insurers in relation to adopting Big Data is unsustainable, a new report suggests. The MLC/Financial Services Council Big Data in Life Insurance report is based on data analysis and in-depth interviews with C-suite ...

Super tax receipts to reach $8bn: MYEFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The biggest changes to superannuation in a decade will cost the Federal Government $130 million in revenue but improve its underlying cash balance by about $3 billion out to 2020. These figures formed part of the government's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal ...