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Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... treatment of the financial system. Read below the relevant recommendations for the superannuation, wealth management and funds management industries. Objectives of the superannuation system: Seek broad political agreement for, and enshrine in legislation ...

MTAA hails 'a third, a third, a third' board structure a success

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... and it is widely expected to have something to say about superannuation fund governance - namely, that the boards of super funds should have a quota of independent trustees. While many equal representation industry funds are up in arms about this, one ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... which it gave considerable space to a discussion of the inverted bid model, which would allow long-term owners such as super funds to come on board infrastructure projects at the beginning rather than at later stages. In its recommendation on project ...

ATO cold calling to test SMSF trustees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... 'failed' director or trustee as a member of the fund in the ATO business portal. "As this portal is the access point for super funds to determine if an individual is a member of the fund for the purposes of rolling over their superannuation benefits ...

NAS loses another super fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... TWUSUPER switching custodians to BNP Paribas Securities Services. The $3.9 billion fund is the latest in a string of super funds, including QSuper, Sunsuper and Cbus, to take their business away from NAS in favour of global custodians with big international ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded the Grant Samuel Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield Funds, hedged and unhedged, from "Recommended" to "Highly Recommended." In its product assessment Zenith said the funds are well-managed, providing international ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Scheme was launched in November 2011 by the Climate Bonds Initiative and addresses eligible investments, traceability of funds and types of bonds eligible for certification.

Premium Investor Visa too short-term

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... individuals to pump money into the economy. New said the existing Significant Investor Visa scheme showed that linking foreign funds with visas is not necessarily the gold mine often portrayed. "Fund managers are finding that they need to be prepared ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia and Trevor Thomas from Ethinvest. The Altius Sustainable Bond fund joins the other funds in the Altius stable - the Altius Bond Fund and the Strategic Fixed Interest Trust. Altius Asset Management is a boutique ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... during the GFC and other market crises that came before it. The super fund's overall pedigree is so good that it bested other funds to win 'Super Fund of the Year' at the Selecting Super Awards held last month (the long-running awards is hosted by Rainmaker ...