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GBST and super fund collaborate for tax relief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
A $7.4 billion corporate superannuation fund is partnering with GBST to provide members with the maximum tax benefits available to them following the latest super reforms. Qantas Super will use GBST's TaxIntell solution to assist members in transitioning ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
The asset management and wider wealth management industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management ...

MyRetirement products too pricey for super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Delay in progress on the development of MyRetirement (CIPRs) products may not be due to a lack of initiative from superannuation funds but rather reluctance around expenditure. A running point of discussion at the recent Conference of Major Superannuation ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... business risk. Less than two-thirds acknowledged the Paris Agreement or the need to decarbonise the economy; while 60% do not have an emissions reduction target. The lack of improvement in climate risk disclosure comes a year after APRA member Geoff ...

Aurora calls out 8IP directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... capital management initiatives aimed at reducing 8EC's persistent discount to NTA. Aurora's requests and suggestions have not resulted in any action by the company." 8EC said it has acknowledged the request for a meeting and recommends shareholders do ...

Aussie asset manager dives into Spanish water market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... municipalities in 22 countries and employs more than 7500 people. IFM Investors was established 22 years ago by a group of not-for-profit pension funds that sought to create an investor-owned fund manager. IFM Investors now represents more than 15 million ...

SMEs shun banks, turn to fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Index shows. It is recalculated every six months. About half (47.6%) of the 1253 small-to-medium business leaders who had not used non-banking lending options in the last 12 months said they are interested in using alternative financing in the future. ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy is pleased with the code's progress but is cognisant of polarising feedback: 'It's not as far as we'd like it to go,' versus, 'It's achieved more than what we've hoped for.' "What we don't want to happen is for ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... hike at 94.4% - when the US central bank concludes its two-day FOMC meeting on 21 March. But perhaps, the right statement is not that markets are widely expecting the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month, rather, markets dictate that ...

Long-standing Djerriwarrh executive retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... outsourced its management and operations function to Australian Foundation investment Company Limited (AFIC). The company has not yet announced a replacement for Guy.