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APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
APRA has released a discussion paper detailing the government's proposals for more independent trustees on super fund boards while conceding the definition of independence is yet to be finalised. The proposed changes to trustee operations have divided ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
First home buyers should have access to their superannuation funds to purchase owner-occupied housing perhaps in return for the familiy home being counted in the pension assets test, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has said. ...

Industry funds attack banks on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Industry Super Australia has launched a series of advertisements putting their case ahead of proposals likely to change the way employer and employee default superannuation funds are selected. Earlier this month federal Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Accountants nearing SMSF exemption deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Accountants will need an Australian financial services licence if they want to continue providing advice on establishing and winding up self-managed super funds after 1 July 2016. According to SMSF Association head of education services Liz Ward, some ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
British Airways is taking one of its pension fund's trustees to court over increases in payments to the airline's retired workers. At the heart of the case, which will be heard next February, is the cloudy relationship between the trustee and the entity ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns. The recent campaign against HESTA's exposure to Transfield has highlighted the risks that ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
"You say it best when you say nothing at all." - Ronan Keating Or rather, they did - the voting and non-voting members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). Their conflicting stances did not settle the when of the lift-off issue one single ...

NAB exec to head AMP Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) chief financial officer of business and personal banking has been appointed managing director of AMP Bank. Sally Bruce will report to AMP group executive of advice and banking Rob Caprioli and will be responsible for all ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
Superannuation funds are reassuring members not to panic amidst global share market turbulence because it is unlikely to have significant impact over the long term. AustSafe Super chief executive Craig Stevens said regardless of what is happening in ...