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March sees moderate growth in super contributions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Contributions to superannuation funds were moderate in March, with discretionary contributions growing strongly, but compulsory flows slightly falling. The latest Bond Report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) shows that discretionary contributions ...

Yellow Brick Road launches super fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Confusion over the superannuation system is at the heart of why so many Australians are detached from their retirement savings, according to Yellow Brick Road executive chairman Mark Bouris. He said that taking control of savings, and having access ...

Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The federal government has scrapped proposed amendments to the Taxation and Superannuation Laws (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013 banning self-managed super funds (SMSF) from carrying out off-market transfers of listed securities. Under the proposal ...

NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has made its second investment in natural catastrophe reinsurance, appointing London-based Leadenhall Capital Partners to manage a US$275 million mandate. The new mandate is focused on natural catastrophe ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... told the Financial Standard that 'fair capitalism' is about increasing longer term value of invested capital. "Superannuation funds and long-term holders of capital will need to pay attention to the kind of risks that are impacting the portfolio now ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... ABS has just released figures detailing the $2 trillion managed investments sector and they confirm that while superannuation and broad fund management has recovered from the effects of the GFC and benefited from the equity market rally, the retail managed ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory ...

DST Bluedoor to take platforms to Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... supporting more than 20 million investor accounts. DST Bluedoor provides technology solutions for wealth managers, superannuation funds, platform providers, and third-party administrators. It has more than doubled the number of employees from 65 to 180 ...

Sunsuper adds to investment committee

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Chief executive Tony Lally welcomed Hickey and said her extensive experience in investment, financial markets, superannuation, and corporate governance made her eminently suitable for the role. "The purpose of the Sunsuper Investment Committee is to ...

Midwinter puts planning software into the cloud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... modelling of cash flow and capital, research and review of portfolio management and modelling for self-managed superannuation funds.