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Sunsuper hires investment manager from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Sunsuper has appointed a new investment manager. Scott McNally joins Sunsuper from Mercer Investment Consulting, where he was a manager research consultant. Prior to that, he was an investment consultant at Sovereign Investment Research. McNally also ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Asset consultants and industry associations alike are applauding the introduction of the First Home Super Savers Scheme which they say will help young people to get a foothold in the property market. The scheme, announced as part of the Federal Budget ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... transitioning out of institutions such as juvenile detentions. The Government will commit a further $6 million in rolling out not-for-profit The Big Issue's Homes for Homes initiative nationwide as a potential solution to the social and affordable housing ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... gap. To wit, "Japan's economy has been turning toward a moderate expansion. Although an improvement in domestic demand is not remarkable, the economy is likely to continue growing at a pace above its potential in fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2018, with its ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Australia's slowly improving Budget position should enable the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) to reduce its annual borrowings next financial year by about 20%. According to a statement released by the AOFM today, with two months left ...

APRA announces promotions, new hires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... alongside the creation of the new analytics team under Katrina, are an important step in APRA's continued evolution, strengthening not only our ability to deliver on our mission to protect the financial well-being of the Australian community, but to ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... on housing affordability, the Financial Planning Association of Australia reinforced its stance that superannuation should not be made accessible to first home buyers. Under proposals made in the Federal Budget delivered last night, first home buyers ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... to provide a deposit on a home. He said the latter "neatly sidestepped the problem of using super to fund a first home by not touching compulsory super contributions." "As clients can use pre-tax dollars, it is likely to be more successful than the largely ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... nothing to address housing affordability but will work to undermine Australia's world-class superannuation system and Labor will not support it," they said. Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers told the ABC that superannuation is for retirement - not ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... insurers, superannuation funds - will serve their customer's interests," Budget documents said. "Too often the sector has not met those expectations. That is why the Government is overhauling the financial system. Building on its existing reform agenda ...