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Ralston dumps director roles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... panel, Deborah Ralston has formally stepped down from the SMSF Association (SMSFA) and Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System. Previously the chair of the SMSFA and Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System spokesperson, Ralston has moved to rescind both ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... outcomes rather than on participation in yet another review." Wealth giant AMP also weighed in, saying a strong retirement system was essential to supporting the wellbeing of Australians now and into the future. "This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
The California State Teachers' Retirement System has joined a derivatives case against Facebook in regards to Cambridge Analytica. The litigation at hand is a pending derivative lawsuit against Facebook's leadership, including the social media company's ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the retirement system, one of which involves simplifying and integrating the Age Pension with superannuation and aged care. The report, entitled ...

Jane Hume to address AFA Conference

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... superannuation portfolio, Hume reinforced the Federal Government's plans to fix the structural problems across the retirement system and ultimately improve outcomes for members. This included reviewing the retirement income system, as well as cleaning ...

New Zealand retirement system under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
New Zealand's retirement income system is under review, determined to measure the impact of shifting labour forces and declining home ownership. Submissions are open for the Commission for Financial Capability's (CFFC) three-yearly review of ...

Grattan SG claims slammed by industry bodies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... on retirement funding continued its pattern of "selective and misleading modeling that seeks to undermine a retirement system that is globally acknowledged as on of the best in the world." "Good public policy will always benefit from lucid, rigorous ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... awarded three separate mandates to boost its sustainable investment strategies. The California State Teachers' Retirement System selected three new global equity managers to collectively manage more than $1 billion across non-US focused strategies. Following ...

Superannuation reforms underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... portfolio, Senator Jane Hume reinforced the Federal Government's plans to fix the structural problems across the retirement system and ultimately improve outcomes for members. Speaking at the Bloomberg Buy-Side Forum in Sydney yesterday morning ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... anything else to fall back on. They didn't have other assets." Wood warned that the Netherlands has a similar retirement system Australia's, but its super guarantee equivalent has been in existence much longer. In the Netherlands, more than half of homeowners ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA
The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA
Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN
Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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