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Super is not for winning votes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Australians boast a world-class superannuation system - but that enviable standing could be lost if the Government keeps using super as a political lever, industry experts warned. In a session about how to build consumer confidence in the superannuation ...

Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... within their membership base. "There are 6.4 million lost accounts, and that means the overall membership of the superannuation could drop 20 to 25 per cent to solve the lost member problem - and that is going to drain liquidity." As if that weren't ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... home and their work, new research by ASFA shows. Recent findings from Auspoll commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, found Australians ranked worrying about their retirement money second only to funding their everyday expenses ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... service, or bring it in-house, he argues. By and large, ASIC's decision in July to provide legislative relief to superannuation trustees regarding limited personal advice provision have drawn both support and ire from the wealth management industry. ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
JANA's longtime investment expert, Ken Marshman, predicts there's a 25 per cent chance that equities as an asset class will deliver low to zero returns over the next 10 years - a grim reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... morning that we need to remember that concern about Australia's national savings rate was a prime motivator of the superannuation guarantee levy in the first place. But with Australia's current account deficit rising due to the GFC and continued pressure ...

Decimal updates online super advice system

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Decimal has updated its service to superannuation funds looking to provide intra-fund advice using its Smart Calculator, which it believes will allows funds to engage members more effectively. Smart Calculator provides financial scenario generators ...

Cooper stalls APRA data review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... interest groups and dozens of academic and rebuttal papers couldn't - it forced a halt to APRA's review of its superannuation statistics. In a statement issued late last week, APRA announced it would be suspending any introduction of the next steps in ...

First Super refines investment strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The $1.3 billion industry fund First Super takes a pre-emptive move against losses in down markets by restructuring its investment options, including raising its allocation towards defensive assets. The $1.3 billion industry fund First Super has renamed ...

ING wins $1bn employer super book

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... to the firm's Corporate Super suite. The firm won the trusteeship of Legg Mason Asset Management's mastertrust superannuation book after a tender process late last year and spent the past 12 months talking with those employers to retain their business. ...