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Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... on solving problems including aged care, housing affordability, ethical investing, and internal fund work culture. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney called on the sector to step-up its co-ordination on efforts to take on ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... to facilitate rapid engagement, strategy illustration and advice generation across all common advice topics in the Australian advice landscape for their clients," Dunstan said. The partnership comes as part of the wealth division's new strategy, launched ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... disclosure requirements under RG97. In September, ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer told the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference that the regulator previously knocked back industry requests to extend the 2017 deadline for new super fund ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... absolute terms and when you compare it to other sovereigns, including AAA-rated sovereigns, it's quite strong. But the [Australian] economy's balance sheet is very weak," Michaels said. "On our preferred measure it's one of the weakest if not the weakest. ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... how business, government and super fund member interest best aligns to deliver these projects is the bigger question. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver told the forum that industry super's story should resonate politically ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... operations and outcomes are actually effective. Cbus chief executive, David Atkin, told the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference that Cbus will embed the RRI in to the fund as a core key performance indicator. "The score card ...

CIPR discussion paper by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... end. Treasury retirement income policy division head, Jenny Wilkinson, told the Australian Superannuation Investment conference in Cairns the discussion paper will outline a CIPR objective and how Treasury believes trustees should implement the new product. ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... alpha fees for beta performance. First State Super investment strategist Zoe McHugh told the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference on Tuesday that about $24 billion of its $56 billion investment portfolio is placed in the beta or "market ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... because it believes the established 18-month transition period is sufficient. Speaking at the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference in Cairns yesterday, ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said the regulator believed the transition "was very ...

Super funds seeking low carbon mandates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016