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Equipsuper and Vision Super merger appoint CEO

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... broad, global experience in the investment and financial services sectors, as well as her recent experience in superannuation as chief executive officer of Equipsuper." Merger proposals hit a stumbling block this winter when complications arose surrounding ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... system," said Jeremy Cooper, chairman of retirement income at Challenger Ltd. Cooper was speaking this week at the Superannuation and Social Purpose: Nation Building, Governance and Politics conference held at the University of Sydney. The conundrum ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Pension funds around the world, including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), last week sent a message to News Corp that contributed up to one-third of votes cast against the current board. Among the board directors to receive ...

Eaton Vance launches first Australian domiciled fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... the fund in Australia, said it had been developed specifically for the Australian market. "Australia's compulsory Superannuation Guarantee has accumulated a national savings pool of approximately $1.4 trillion, which comprises about 45 percent of Australia's ...

Leenane Templeton Chartered Accountants adds financial planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... financial advisory support to those self managed super fund clients who are actively involved in managing their own superannuation portfolio. "The decision supports our strategy to grow the wealth business and our clients will continue to feel the improvements ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... to a lively debate over the architecture of the future of financial advice reforms, the regulatory separation of superannuation from the rest of the wealth management industry and disclosure among industry funds. Bernie Ripoll MP kicked off the discussion ...

PPM expands portfolio management team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... individuals including successful families and family offices, charities and foundations, and the public offer York Superannuation Fund.

Superannuation alliance speeds up rollover times

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
The Affiliation of Superannuation Practitioners is to fully implement its electronic rollover program for member organisations over the next 12 months following its success on a pilot basis since September. The electronic solution, which allows ASP ...

Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... investor alignment when companies set executive pay follows the release of a report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors this month that found board director pay to be increasing inline with inflation. According to their Board Composition ...

Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Self-managed super fund administration heavyweight Multiport has hit $2 billion in funds under administration but for such a large administration group to be so small relative to the SMSF market shows how fragmented the SMSF marketplace remains. The ...