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Not enough super users: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... its reach, and Australian's could improve their voluntary contributions. Mercer senior partner David Knox told the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds yesterday that Australia's super coverage (68.5% of the workforce) is considerably less than other ...

Statewide chair collects AIST Trustee of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... collected the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Trustee of the Year. Presented the award at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide, AIST president Angela Emslie said it was great recognition in Brown's home city. ...

New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... provides all the information required to fully and better understand their fund's insurance business. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds yesterday, Industry Funds Forum (IFF) project officer Francis Cox said a new insurance guidance ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... high savings numbers. "What sort of industry tells its customers that they have failed?" Garcia said. Opening the 2016 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide today, Garcia told more than 1000 delegates the industry needs to do much better ...

Australia and UK to shape retirement landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... role in driving future ingenuity and innovation for retirement markets across the world. On the eve of attending the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide, J.P. Morgan managing director and global pensions executive Benjie Fraser ...

Men more confident than women in managing SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... research report produced by Commonwealth Bank and the SMSF Association. Released ahead of the SMSF Association's annual conference in Adelaide this week, the report surveyed 801 SMSF trustees, as well as 535 individuals without an SMSF, to better understand ...

Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... one voluntary exclusion, to reflect the expectations of the beneficiaries." Hosting its annual responsible investment conference in Sydney recently, RIAA released the white paper: Driving long-term investment and delivering responsible financial markets ...

The world of ASFA according to Twitter

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
A rocket scientist, an Oscar winner and a literary figure walked into a bar. No, wait, a superannuation conference. It was the superannuation conference that launched a thousand tweets. 1,493 to be exact over a three-day period. This may sound miniscule ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... made the arguments put forward by all sides pretty weak," he said during an entertaining break-out session at the FSC Conference. "The people that claim for-profit is bad have to [declare] what set of interests are being protected if they are arguing ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... superannuation fund boards ignore the lessons learnt from the HIH disaster. Speaking at the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen in his capacity at the HIH Royal Commission and said any attempt to impose governance ...