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Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... investor according to Capital Group equity portfolio manager Jody Jonsson. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event yesterday, Jonsson said there were strategies that can be implemented to work around the long-term ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... which are in place, and are known and understood by members, innovation continues to occur in the product marketplace, and funds must consider whether any of the new breed of products can better meet retirees' needs. Further, as funds develop greater ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... in a move that "will surely contribute to the achievement of sustainable development." GPIF has about US$1.14 trillion in funds under management and bases its perspective on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues around its investment principles ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Average working Australians would have thousands of dollars more in their retirement savings if bigger superannuation funds faced stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to ...

Direct life outpaced by group sector

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... technology plays a disruptive role." She continued, saying that that direct insurers were struggling to compete with super funds who marketed increases in amounts insured directly to members. "Rice Warner expects superannuation funds to increase this ...

Link Group announces plans for float

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... around 2.4% to 2.7% in the 2016 financial year. Link Group provides a broad suite of services that connect superannuation funds and corporate clients to their members and stakeholders, primarily through its proprietary technology-enabled platforms. The ...

Retail funds recommending advice fee rates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
While retail super funds post-FOFA have unbundled their embedded advice commissions, half still recommend an average 0.55% in ongoing advice service fees, the annual super fee survey from Rainmaker reveals. As a result of the compulsory adoption of ...

Managed Accounts challenge to retail wealth groups

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... investor is the beneficial owner of the securities in the model fund and this requires investment managers to administer their funds differently even if some of the model portfolios they are presenting are based on managed funds they already operate. ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... Kinetic Super said. The fund also noted that new governance rules expected to be in place in 2016 are likely to require funds to have a minimum of one third of their directors be independent. "Some boards are now starting to plan for this progression ...

Super fund boss: We're not IT companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Ongoing technology challenges for superannuation funds and the wider financial services industry present an unclear business planning path but an opportunistic path nonetheless. UniSuper chair Chris Cuffe said technology was still a "blind spot" among ...