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Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... Evans as general manager people and culture, and Sandra Coleman as general manager information systems. One senior industry figure who has seen different board room make-ups over the years is Catholic Super chief executive Frank Pegan. He said over his ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
The federal government's Red Tape Repeal Day on Thursday included amendments to the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) but the proposed legislation has been rolled over to parliament's final sitting weeks for the year. Under the proposed changes ...

Target date funds just 3% US retirement assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Much is made of the popularity of lifecycle investing in the US yet it comprises just 3% of their retirement system. According to figures released by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), lifecycle investment funds, referred to under the broader category ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Macquarie set to pay $14m to advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... reported it had paid $11 million to disgruntled advice clients, a year after the remediation program was put in place. The figure had increased to $14 million by the end of September. The program is considered the most comprehensive within the industry ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... submission to the Financial System Inquiry, options include offering unitised investments in smaller parcels - our recommended figure was $25,000 - or infrastructure bonds. Another possibility is ASX-listed infrastructure funds. Whatever the mechanism ...

MLC insurance sale to cost NAB $1.5bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... in the transaction. The bank told investors that the transaction would involve an indicative loss of $1.1 billion. This figure was calculated based on the business' net asset value (NAV) of $3.6 billion - including goodwill of $1.6 billion - on deconsolidation ...

The power of saying no to difficult advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... couple, Sam and Ange. "I'd had no opportunities for 10 months and they were very financially attractive, both with six-figure salaries and he'd just come into a $2 million inheritance," she said. While Sam wanted to keep his investment property, she ...

Link to list on the ASX today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... of the superannuation administration market, making it the largest third party provider in the Australian market. That figure includes the administration provide through Superpartners, which the company bought from a cohort of five industry super funds ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) is calling on the federal government to abolish retail superannuation funds instead of bringing in changes which will "damage the high-performing industry super system." In a scathing statement about the debate on ...