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Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation funds are blaming inadequate compliance measures by the Australian Taxation Office for the chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated ...

Metro property markets continue reliable income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... meaning the asset will have generated a 20.9% premium to the 30 June 2016 book value; and a property internal rate of return (IRR) of 23.8% since CMA's listing in December 2014. "This high level of return bears out the value proposition to be found in ...

Super fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Returning to the Australian institutional market last year, US asset manager ClariVest is now employing its emerging markets strategy with an industry superannuation fund. The EM strategy includes securities primarily selected from stocks traded in ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Customer expectations have irrevocably shifted in the era of "service aggregation" and super funds ignore this at their peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference ...

Labor blindsides super legislation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
The Federal Government's position on superannuation will be reaffirmed today as three pieces of legislation are introduced to parliament, all despite Labor's attempts to blindside the occasion. The legislation stems from this year's Budget announcements ...

Watermark launches global market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Watermark Funds Management has launched its IPO for Australia's first global market neutral LIC. The Watermark Global Leaders Fund uses long and short positions in a global equity portfolio to deliver a fully market neutral strategy, and aims to deliver ...

CFSGAM grows investments team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has strengthened its global unlisted infrastructure investments team with two new appointments. Asieh Mansour, who was most recently a senior adviser at Townsend Group, has joined the company's board to oversee ...

Government releases draft super reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
The Turnbull government has released its first tranche of exposure draft legislation for proposed superannuation reforms. Describing the reforms as "fairer, more flexible and more sustainable," Treasurer Scott Morrison argued that "the majority of Australians" ...

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
ASIC has published its Corporate Plan for 2016-17, which notes the industry still faces challenges in providing "good quality" financial advice. The Corporate Plan outlines ASIC's vision to "allow markets to fund the economy, and in turn, economic growth. ...

Preqin research highlights surge in private capital sector

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Assets under management in the global private capital industry reached $5.7 trillion in 2015, up from $5.3 trillion in 2014 and $3.8 trillion in 2010. According to Preqin research, private equity firms hold the majority ($3.8 trillion) of this amount ...