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Employer fiduciary responsibility could halve super fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... competitive part of the funds industry and the service is far better than the ordinary retail experience." He added that treasury staff of large listed organisations are conscious of what their employees pay for their corporate pension plan and use it ...

Hostplus appoints investment strategy head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... quantitative analytics, information technology and custody. Prior to JANA, Clerk was an analyst at the Department of Treasury and Finance in Victoria. "Greg Clerk brings a wealth of experience to Hostplus as he has been working with our Fund for over ...

T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... change and origination settlement cycles and conventions remain the same. Secondary market products include Commonwealth treasury bonds and semi government bonds which are not near maturing; supernational; corporate bonds and commonwealth inflation bonds. ...

Tax incentives for early stage investors too narrow: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
KPMG believes Treasury's policy consultation on tax incentives for early stage investors is unnecessarily restricted and argues unit trusts should also be eligible for the incentives. The firm's submission also raises concerns that investment into innovation ...

Statewide COO departs, successor appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... Electric. She has also held roles at HP, EDS and Fujitsu Consulting. Rantanen, meanwhile, has moved on to the Department of Treasury and Finance, where she has become COO. Rantanen spent six years at Statewide, during which she took on the role of acting ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasury has announced an inaugural chief executive role at the Board of Taxation that will lead the work of the secretariat as well as all communication with industry stakeholders. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser, announced on Friday ...

Sunsuper brings Vanguard CIO out of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... exchange-traded funds. Sunsuper has further bolstered its investment team by appointing the former managing director of Treasury Group, Rodney Green, who was also chief investment officer at Perpetual Investments at Citicorp Global Asset Management. ...

Global market slide hits NZ Super Fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... commenced investing in 2003, and predicted that it would return at least 2.7% per annum above the New Zealand 90-day Treasury Bill over a 20-year period. Since 2003, it has returned 4.72% above the Treasury Bill.

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... first half of 2016 will be below trend." Recent estimates by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Federal Treasury put growth in the country's potential output at 2.75%. However, as Westpac's Chief Economist Bill Evans noted, "...the components ...

Rice Warner puts its case for budget changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Industry consultant Rice Warner has called on Treasury to reconsider three superannuation initiatives it put forward for the 2015 federal budget, alongside a raft of other proposed changes in 2016. Rice Warner would still like to see super funds offer ...