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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 ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... much longer, we might just see something we haven't seen in 14 years - an Australian recession. Then again, there's hope young lady, one you, I and Irene can be thankful for, and that is the Australian dollar is falling. Hip, hip... The Reserve Bank ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
An industry superannuation fund suggests young Australians might want to rethink how they best spend tax returns by considering an additional contribution to their super. Club Plus Super said if a 30-year-old put away half of the average tax refund ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... in both 'Big 4s'. He held a senior position at the ANZ Bank for the past five years and prior to that was with Ernst and Young in a senior client-facing position." He added, "He was also a founding director of a UK financial planning business, and importantly ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... investment capital - are now taking these factors into account when allocating capital over these time horizons. Given that young people joining a superannuation fund today may be in their fund for up to 70 years if you include their retirement decumulation ...

Kinetic Super hires head of product

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Industry fund Kinetic Super has created the new role of head of product to expand its management team. Joining the $3 billion fund's customer experience team as head of product is Amanda Ralph. Her role will include adding "an extra dimension" to Kinetic ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Advice services in the not-for-profit super fund sector are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... for retirees to lock-in a guaranteed cash flow irrespective of how long they live. Elkins said recent modeling by Ernst & Young and Colonial First State showed that combinations of an allocated pension and a lifetime annuity in a retirement portfolio ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... encouraging older people to continue to work. Pointing to the opportunity in the financial services sector, Morgan added, "Young, highly skilled, highly educated, new workers don't have much experience of a down market and in financial services, employers ...

Wealth Enhancers departs Synchron, goes independent

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Generation Y-targeted advice firm Wealth Enhancers has set up its own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Wealth Enhancers was previously aligned with Synchron. According to Wealth Enhancers financial coach Rebecca Boles, the decision to go ...