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Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Dignity is the primary goal of the country's retirement system, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia reminded the Federal Government yesterday. Speculation over changes that both the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition would ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Bank of Australia over the sale of complex debt instruments by Gloucester Shire Council in NSW and self-managed superannuation fund Clurname in the Federal Court last year. Piper Alderman the law firm running the action told Financial Standard today ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... retirement has risen faster than the overall rate of inflation, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released today. The cost of a 'comfortable' retirement has risen 2% in the last 12 months while ...

Four new SMSFs every hour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... half the number of the year before when 6,403 SMSFs were wound-up. However, the bigger concern for the regular superannuation segment is that much of this frenetic interest in SMSFs is being driven by gen-X and gen-Y investors who now make up 71% of ...

Frontier staffs up

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Frontier Advisors, the industry superannuation fund-owned asset consultancy, yesterday said five new staff been added to its roster. Gilly Zimmer joined Frontier on 29 January as a consultant. Previously Zimmer was a senior manager, infrastructure ...

New Melbourne manager for Centric Wealth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... Wealth since 2004, advising clients in all areas of retirement planning, wealth creation, portfolio construction and superannuation. She had held a number of senior roles at Centric Wealth. Prior to joining Centric Wealth, Carroll managed the financial ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Chicago-based investment manager William Blair has stepped up its bid to penetrate the Australian superannuation fund market by bringing senior investment and distribution executives to Sydney to present to asset consultants and ratings houses. Head ...

Super funds get serious about social media

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... according to Buchan Consulting. Tom Buchan principal of Buchan Consulting is recognising a growing pressure for superannuation funds to establish a social media presence in order to remain competitive against their peers. In a survey of funds' social ...

KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... twice the growth rate experienced by Australian super funds. KiwiSaver is the New Zealand equivalent of Australia's superannuation guarrantee system excepting it operates through 'soft compulsion' or opt-out. Funds apply to be included on a panel of ...

CheckRisk opens in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
As funds increasingly develop internal investment expertise, trustee boards will need to expand their own expertise to stay in control of their funds, and one way to do this is through an independant risk assessment of their portfolio. Denis Carroll ...