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Australians missing $18 billion in lost super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... their retirement funds could be the reason for the lost super figure, according to Deanne Stewart, Westpac head of superannuation. "We're all planning to retire, so why don't more of us spend just a few minutes to find any lost super? It's real money ...

SEC charges US adviser with pension fund theft

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the leader of a Detroit-based investment adviser for stealing nearly $3.1 million from a public sector pension fund. The SEC alleges that Chauncey C Mayfield, who is the founder, president ...

Boardroom cloud tech eases organisational burden

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The Affiliation of Superannuation Practitioners (ASP), an alliance of ten funds and administrators, has adopted a new technology to simplify distribution of essential documents for board members. The cloud-based iqBoard app, produced by IQ Group, allows ...

StatewideSuper withdrawn from SelectingSuper assessment

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... SelectingSuper's most recent fund performance survey. Dunnin said Rainmaker would continue to include Statewide in its ongoing superannuation market wide research survey program where that information is publicly available. He said Rainmaker's research ...

FUM breaks through pre-GFC barrier

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... $1.518 trillion reached in December 2007. Rainmaker noted that while it took fund managers five years to recover, superannuation took only two years to make up the lost ground. The different trajectory reflects the fundamentally different dynamics at ...

Direct insurance sales grow on consumer confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... "Term, income protection and accident insurance business has grown more rapidly than traditional adviser sold and superannuation fund risk insurance in 2012, reflecting increasing consumer confidence in buying risk insurance direct, rather than with ...

Lonsec and Milliman partner for post-retirement research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... landscape in Australia. Lonsec head of investment consulting Lukasz de Pourbaix said the investment management and superannuation industry needs to evolve to cater for the growing number of baby boomers who are entering retirement. "At the moment the ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (New Zealand Super) has sold its holdings in a group of nuclear base operators because they have become involved with upgrading or modifying nuclear explosive devices. Publicly listed companies Babcock & Wilcox, Fluor ...

IFM to cut fees after pricing review

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... about 50 %. The fund manager offers around 55 products and mandates. Melbourne-based IFM is owned by 32 industry superannuation funds has clients and teams in the three of the largest pension markets in the world. As at March 2013 it had $44 billion ...

Kinetic Super targets transient members with new brand

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
At Kinetic Super's official launch last night, the focus was on improved communication with a transient membership. 'Kinetic Super' is the new name for the Professional Associations Super (PASL), which includes RecruitmentSuper, Accountants Super, Australian ...