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LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has responded to allegations that it paid thousands of dollars to a National Union of Workers fund, IR21, to finance political campaigns. Reports in News Ltd papers have claimed the industry super fund's ...

Industry funds attack banks on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... 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 told ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... decided to join AAS as an administration manager in the mid-90s. She was fortunate enough that her first superannuation employer wanted someone with team leadership and people management skills, not necessarily super experience. "That was a terrific ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... enforcement and education. He also said the draft legislation makes no attempt to discern small business from any other employer and offers nothing by way of increased resources or powers to the ATO to police the spiraling problem. As a part of announced ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has sent a clear signal that SMSF borrowing arrangements are unlikely to come under fire in upcoming tax reviews. In a speech to the Tax Institute, the Assistant Treasurer spoke widely about the parliament's tax and ...

Link Group launches digital super card

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Link Group has launched a digital superannuation membership card designed for use on smartphones. The digital card is available to members immediately after they join online and it allows customers to access details of their super fund via their smartphone. ...

VicSuper appoints teacher to board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
VicSuper has a new member-representative director on its board. Joining the $15 billion superannuation fund is teacher Antoinette Masiero with experience in fields such as information technology, business analysis, accounting, and auditing - all across ...

Retail funds get behind campaign to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Retail superannuation funds have entered industry fund territory and admitted that high super fees need to be lowered. The Financial Services Council (FSC), which represents the retail side of the superannuation industry, has stated that "superannuation ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... in next. She said the equal representation model no longer makes sense under a defined contribution system because the employer does not have to meet liabilities. "Appointment of directors by a third party is entrenching potential conflicts," she said. ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... superannuation funds. More than a fifth (21.1%) of those surveyed retained their default cover because they felt their employer and/or fund understood appropriate levels of insurance cover better than them. Furthermore, nearly half of respondents (46%) ...