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Trust deficit boosts Australian Ethical membership, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
The demand for sustainable and ethical products has helped boost Australian Ethical's inflows and superannuation fund membership in the six months to December 2018. The fund manager and superannuation provider recorded positive net flows of $147.8 ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... Inwood said money spent on franking credits could be better utilised than becoming a source for retirees to fund their choice of lifestyle. "If you think that the money is best held by the state, then we should transfer the money to the state, which ...

Actuaries Institute welcomes retirement income reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... covenant codifying obligations of trustees to "consider the retirement income needs of their members, expanding individuals' choice of retirement income products and improving standards of living in retirement." "Since the early 1970s, the life expectancy ...

Class appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... realestate.com.au and flatmates.com.au. Prior to REA, Russell was general manager and interim chief executive of Mortgage Choice, where he helped launch the wealth management and financial planning business. Bungard stepped down as chief executive in ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... factors such as occupational risk." Also passing through the Senate last night were changes to the level of scrutiny on choice superannuation products, with fees, costs and returns now subject to new reporting standards. Importantly, fees will be capped ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... funds under management. He also confirmed it was a necessary action for the fund to take so it could retain employers' choice of Hostplus as the default status fund, citing market competitiveness. "It's a very, very important integral part of ...

The $500k price tag on bad super choices

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
Sticking to a bad super fund could leave the average Australian worker more than $500,000 poorer over their lifetime, latest research from SelectingSuper found. The research considered an average employee's salary, fees and contributions over 45 ...

Hedge fund veteran joins Aura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... in assets under management over the last two decades. Hatfield said he is excited to be working with Aura to bring more choice in alternative investments to the local investor market and assist in further expanding Aura's international footprint. ...

Royal Commission principles not simply an add-on

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
A set of ideas or principles aligned to community standards resulting from the financial services Royal Commission must not be solely grafted as optional extras for better business profits, an ethics specialist believes. The Ethics Centre executive ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... (CASA). It became open offer in 2005 and now has 6500 members. In November, the fund won the SelectingSuper Members' Choice Award and its board member Lawrie Cox was inducted into the SelectingSuper Hall of Fame after being presented with the Industry ...