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Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... ACTU told the committee that change was not needed while the system was successful. Muir said Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) submitted that its members expressed strong concerns regarding the repeal of the equal representation ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation funds NGS Super and QIEC Super have flagged integrating their investments and insurance under a master trust structure. The boards of both super funds have entered a memorandum of understanding that will investigate the master ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... drifted lower and has weakened substantially against the greenback (as would be expected with the Fed poised to lift the fed funds rate) through the course of 2015, it remains stronger vis-a-vis the euro and the yen before the SNB's cap abandon and counter-measures. ...

Aged care, gold opportunity for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... difficult," an attitude that creates a gold opportunity for advisers to help their clients. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released the discussion paper 'The future interaction of superannuation with aged care and health ...

ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Towers Watson and Colonial First State executives have been appointed to the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal has been appointed as a service provider representative and ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... around 80% under the current retirement income policy settings," Morrison said. Addressing the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Brisbane today, Morrison said the commitment provides protection for Australians who ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
The proposal for superannuation funds to have a comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) has experts cautious about defaulting members at a time when individual retirement solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... reduction in the deposit rate and an increase in asset purchases. It's as certain as sure that the Fed will lift its fed funds target rate by the 16th of December given recent Fed rhetoric - although there's still a slim chance it won't... depending ...

AZ NGA acquires sixth practice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... Planners. Based in Mildura and formed via the merging of three advice firms in 2006, Harvest Wealth manages $166 million in funds under advice and covers investment and asset allocation, retirement planning, insurance and strategic advice. The new agreement ...

Sunsuper hires AustralianSuper portfolio construction manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... research and has worked extensively with a range of board and investment committees. Sunsuper manages more than $32 billion in funds under management for the benefit of more than one million members.