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Super's purpose under further scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... could see an increased reliance on other government measures such as the Age Pension." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said before any proposal to extend the uses of superannuation is considered there should first be an agreement ...

TCorp lands Hunter Hall chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... for government organisations of TCorp's size. It is one Australia's top ten fund managers with more than $70 billion in funds under management for NSW public sector clients. "As an experienced chief executive, Deverall has led companies in the financial ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... that have invested more than $35 billion in private businesses over the past decade on behalf of investors such as super funds and other financial institutions, said the inclusion of a disclosure exemption threshold of up to 5% of an investment option ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... million in the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) that was purchased by IFM Investors in 2015. IFM Investors has 30 Australian super funds as shareholders and a Cbus statement said its investment is alongside IFM Investors Global Infrastructure Fund. As part of ...

VFMC lands new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) will be led by a new chief executive officer from February after announcing its replacement for acting chief executive Justin Pascoe. Joining VFMC as its top executive will be Lisa Gray, who previously spent ...

Australians putting off retirement planning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... to contribute to less-than-optimum superannuation in retirement, the researcher said. Providing adequate superannuation funds in retirement is largely dependent on starting early and maximising allowable contributions so as to benefit from the compounding ...

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... the bid. SelfWealth allows BGL Corporate Solutions' SMSF clients to compare their fund's performance against the top 200 funds, meaning they can compare their fund against their peers and professional fund managers. "Coming in to the Kidman bidding six ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... managers and some asset owners are moving away from six-monthly performance reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system said it had extended its alternative asset horizons from five to 10 years, reducing reliance ...

Hunter Hall chief executive stands down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... managing director David Deverall has resigned from his role. In an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange, the funds management firm said Deverall will stand down from the Hunter Hall board of directors and from his executive duties from ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw their highest-ever annual growth in 2015, increasing funds under management by 42% to $21 billion. As BetaShares' Australian ETF Review: Year End 2015 report noted, the ETF sector saw record inflows in 2015 in spite ...