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MLC MasterKey Business Super upgrades clearing house

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... MLC MasterKey Business Super has upgraded its clearing house to make it easier and faster for employers to make superannuation contributions. MLC SuperEzy was first introduced in 2001 and has now been upgraded to keep pace with the changing super landscape. ...

Professional Associations Super targets investment risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Professional Associations Super. "Implementing a rigorous and robust risk framework is a duty and a responsibility for all superannuation fund trustees. We believe our approach achieves our aim to integrate management of key risk exposures into the decision-making ...

HIP Super members get access to Best Doctors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Boutique industry fund HIP Super has pulled off a major coup and formed a partnership with the MLC Best Doctors service, claiming the deal was only possible because of its small size. MLC's Best Doctors is an exclusive service run out of the Harvard ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... performance of the debt side of the capital structure. "This over-allocation we've seen to equities, particularly in the superannuation environment, a muted property market and a decreasing allocation to bonds may be a decision that needs to be reconsidered ...

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... difficulties in project structuring and more complex sovereign risk. Infrastructure investing among Australian superannuation funds and investment managers amounts to an estimated $100 billion, half of which is direct and half that is via pooled vehicles ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) seminar yesterday. "I simply cannot accept that a 21st century superannuation fund has the 18 year old and the 74 year old all sitting around in the same asset allocation." The warning to look at lifecycle ...

SPAA reassures members on opt-in

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has told members it will work with ASIC to ensure they remain exempt from opt-in requirements. The association has said it will be modifying its member code of conduct to ensure it ...

Large funds outperform: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... not-for-profit and retail fund segments. "Fund size has a positive impact on the performance of not- for-profit superannuation funds, which is evident both in gross returns and in expenses," noted the study's author, Dr James Richard Cummings. But while ...

Shorten demands clarity of stance on SG rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has hit back at the opposition leader's comments on the superannuation guarantee increase, asking for a clarification of position. Last week's passage of the minerals resource rent tax legislation with changes ...

FOFA passing causes industry division

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Financial Services Bill Shorten called the legislation "historic reforms" that complement the current upgrade of the superannuation industry. "Put simply, FOFA means more money will be better managed," said Shorten. In a reform adjustment, the Government ...