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ISPT chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... of 140 properties. Outside of industry super funds, ISPT's investors include Ausbil, Catholic Church Insurance, the University of Melbourne, WorkSafe Victoria, and the Melbourne Anglican Trust Corporation.

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
A new report from the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association (SMSFA) and the University of Adelaide has found the Australian Taxation Office is increasingly underestimating the performance of SMSFs. The SMSFA and the University of Adelaide's International ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... creating "rainy day funds" to pay for possible fines and sanctions. At the beginning of the hearing, Falinski asked University of NSW professor Scott Donald whether creating an indemnity insurance market for penalties risks creating moral hazard for ...

Hostplus hits members with new fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... profit-to-member funds are likely to use a range of methods to raise the required reserves. Professor Scott Donald from the University of NSW appeared before the committee and explained that while retail super funds have a parent company which can fund ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... review of the four major banks and other financial institutions. Representatives from APRA, ASIC, Treasury and the University of New South Wales have been asked to appear. "Amendments to Section 56 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1996 ...

New study on precious metal hedge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Arreola Hernandez from Rennes School of Business in France and Sang Hoon Kang and Seong-Min Yoon from Pusan National University in the Republic of Korea recently published their findings in the Applied Economics journal. "What precious metal commodities ...

Prime Minister announces reverse mortgage scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... will be a re-naming of the previous scheme, known as the Pension Loans Scheme. Writing on The Conversation, Macquarie University lecturer in actuarial studies and business analytics Colin Zhang and University of Wollongong associate research fellow Ning ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... 'elitist young financial advisers' for opposing Labor's suggestion older financial advisers shouldn't have to complete a university degree. Last week at the AIOFP's annual conference, Labor announced it would dump educational requirements for financial ...

The dark side of super switching: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
New research from Griffith University and Iress has revealed the 'double-edged sword' of the ease with which consumers can switch their superannuation. The research analysed over 42,000 superannuation switching decisions from 1 January 2019 to 31 March ...

Super funds attracting more women to investment work

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... roles. The research, published in the whitepaper, found that barriers to entry for women in funds management start at university - with women less likely to be aware of investment management as a career option. Women are also more likely to be perceived ...