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First State Super appoints CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Profit-to-member superannuation fund First State Super is expanding its executive team with the appointment of a chief financial officer. Tim Elliott, previously the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at StatePlus, has taken up the ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... climate risk management charts. This is followed by the UK's Environment Agency Pension Fund, New York State Common Retirement Fund, First State Super, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn in the Netherlands, Kommunal Landspenjonskasse ...

New head of advice for industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund welcomed a new head of financial advice. Tim Poole, a former leader within the fund's planning team, has been promoted to the newly restructured financial advice division. Poole joined Australian ...

Super consolidation imminent: research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
The number of super funds (excluding SMFSs) have dropped by 72% from 872 to 244 in the last ten years (see Figure 1), according to new research from Rice Warner. The annual Superannuation Market Projections Report shows in 2016, 83 out of 219 funds ...

AMP introduces pension calculator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... retirement savings, with the drawdown amount adjusted annually. The retirement savings will be invested via the MyNorth Retirement Fund which has been designed specifically for retirees to provide stable income that will grow above inflation, and was ...

Legalsuper hires compliance exec from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... compliance and risk at VicSuper, a superannuation consultant at AXA, a superannuation co-ordinator at Australian Retirement Fund and held various roles at one of the predecessors of APRA, the Insurance and Superannuation Commission. Earlier this week ...

Top 10 financial planning stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
1. No bachelor's degree for existing advisers In April the Federal Government announced existing advisers will not be required to complete a bachelor's degree and will be given a longer time frame to meet new education standards. Government Minister ...

QSuper on track to become public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
QSuper is set to become a public offer fund by 30 June next year should its proposal receive federal regulatory approval. The $65 billion fund was granted the move by Queensland parliament early this morning, legislating to lift restrictions on who ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A survey by State Street has found that while 65% of APAC asset owners and managers expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the next five years, only 33% of participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's automated retirement income solution has been recognised as an innovative product by the country's business community. Australian Catholic Super's RetireSmart account-based pension was a winner ...