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Bank glitch delays government super payments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... provide priority to these payments," the CSC continued. The delays affected former Australian public service workers and Defence Force pension payments. "Our bank has advised that they are completely focused on having all payments processed to pensioner ...

Australian Defence Force offered super fund choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
From July next year people who join the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will receive an employer superannuation contribution of 16.4% regardless of the super fund they choose. This forms part of legislation introduced by the federal government last month ...

Instos overconfident on drawdown risks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... equity risk in their portfolios," the report said. SSGA said that "a more reliable approach would rely on multiple lines of defence." "Strong recent performance in the equity markets may have lulled some investors into a false sense of security," the ...

Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... by AustralianSuper's own portfolio during a 6-month analysis. Documents released by the Future Fund when it lodged its defence to the Supreme Court of Victoria revealed that the sovereign fund's senior executives David Neal and Mark Burgess had met with ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... an American expression, they go on offense." "We're using all that extra flexibility to try and find new ways to go on defence." Husain wants his bond fund, the T. Rowe Price Dynamic Global Bond Fund, to behave like bond funds used to behave - to be ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... investment research Deb Clarke said. "Incorporating ESG considerations into investment decisions strengthens a portfolio's defence against risks arising from governance failures, changes in policy and regulation, and environmental and social trends. ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... investment portfolios look somewhat vulnerable. Jordan believes that in this environment, alternatives offer the only genuine defence against a market correction. "In a world where you've lost the ability to diversify into fixed interest, you need some ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir. Lambie's decision to start a campaign to vote against all government legislation until defence personnel are offered an increased pay deal was key to giving the majority to the opposition. The Financial Planning ...

Leeanne Turner wins FEAL fund executive of the year

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... MTAA Super since 2011. She has worked for organisations such as AVSuper, Military Schemes Secretariat, the Department of Defence and ComSuper. The winner of the award receives a $20,000 executive education grant to allow them to take time out from the ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... http://www.notre-europe.eu/ noted that, "...whilst on average western European countries spent 3.1% of their Gross Domestic Product on defence between 1985 and 1989, this figure had fallen to 1.7%10 in 2008, and this was before the budgetary crisis that ...