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Industry bodies attack SG freeze speculation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... railed against speculation the government is considering freezing scheduled increases to the super guarantee (SG). The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the move would not only reduce retirement incomes of the majority of older ...

GBST already set for T+2

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... leading the charge to T+2. In early 2014, the company compiled a white paper in conjunction with the Stockbrokers Association of Australia, Introducing T+2 for the Australian Equities Market, which detailed the benefits of introducing shorter equities ...

AFA makes three senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers has made three key appointments. The first, Troy Nutley, joins the AFA as senior adviser, policy and professionalism. Prior to the AFA, Nutley held roles at Centrepoint Alliance and the Financial Ombudsman Service. ...

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... now estimated at $29.8 billion for 2015-16. This is down from a previous estimate of $33.5 billion last year. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the use of a revised methodology by Treasury has led to an improvement in the ...

Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has launched a campaign for defined benefit pensioners who received a shock in their first 2016 Age Pension payment. On behalf of DB pensioners CPSA is proposing to write to federal Treasurer ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... unemployed and sick." The budget problem around an ageing population is one also faced by the superannuation industry. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia used its annual conference in Brisbane last year to highlight the immediacy in which ...

HESTA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... resignation in November 2015. Daniel Sims joined HESTA on January 1 and is the nominee for the Australian Private Hospitals Association. Currently he is chief executive at Ramsay Health Care. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer, Australian ...

Hedge funds up 2.4% in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Globally hedge funds were up 2.4% net of fees in 2015, according to Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) research. AIMA's research is based on the hedge funds that reported performance to HedgeFund Intelligence in 2015, accounting for ...

Retail super portfolios dodge disclosure: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... lifecycle stage but is concerned that the lifecycle has to be within a super fund's top 10 investment options. The association is also not a fan of the product dashboard comparison metric, saying it focuses on and emphasizes the importance of fees, "whereas ...

NAB shareholders vote for UK exit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... our vision of becoming Australia and New Zealand's most respected bank." When asked by an Australian Shareholders' Association representative as to whether the choice to retain 25% of Clydesdale for an institutional sale could be affected by market headwinds ...