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Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, Miles discussed the client analytics Telesign produces in addition to its primary function as a provider of two-step ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... 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 will play into ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... should deliver the "next generation of superannuation." Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Loane said she meant this both figuratively and literally; that the system needed to be updated to be competitive ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... "balancing the offering of insurance inside superannuation" in her speech at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. She noted that there is a lot of confusion about how this part of the industry works, especially among ...

ASFA board changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has renewed its board of directors and announced three lifetime memberships. The board composition was revealed following ASFA's annual general meeting at the 2016 ASFA Conference on the Gold Coast. ...

Digital advice as commonplace as internet banking

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... strategy and innovation Jan Kolbusz. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference on the Gold Coast, Kolbusz said banks and super funds are uniquely placed to capitalise on digital advice, given ...

Super execs: Size is not scale

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... funds, leading management consultants and super executives have told the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia annual conference. TRIA Investment Partners' Oliver Hesketh said size is not everything, neither is scale. But if you're going ...

Ageing societies threaten to undermine global economy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... according to Global Aging Institute president Richard Jackson. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Jackson noted that a quarter of the world's population will be "aged" by 2050. In countries like Japan, this ...

Super is "next on the menu" for disruption: new ASFA CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... superannuation industry is at high risk of being disrupted by the fintech sector, new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy has warned. Speaking at the 2016 ASFA Conference, Fahy noted the "challenges" inherent ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... market strategist for UK and Europe Stephanie Flanders. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Flanders said there are forecasts already suggesting inflation in the US will rise to 2%. She said while the conversation ...