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Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
As the population ages, Australia's three-pillar retirement system will find itself under unprecedented pressure. According to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, over the next decade about four million Australians will retire. An integral part ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
The upcoming start of the reporting season serves up an opportunity to short companies likely to post disappointing results, according to Pengana Captial market neutral portfolio manager Phillip Boustridge. Market neutral equity strategies combine long ...

Fund chief calls for cap on super lump sum payments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
As more and more people approach retirement, there is a growing need to reform the way superannuation is paid out. Part of this may mean putting a cap on lump sum payments, according to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner. Adressing an audience ...

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... cannot be perceived as having commenced the research process ahead of contracting, in line with the new rules. "The chief pillar of Lonsec's conflicts management policies remains the separation of operational processes and ratings determinations. Our ...

FoFA still in need of changes: industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
After the effort by the industry to comply with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation, the organisations representing the financial services sector are asking for adjustments to FoFA. The Financial Services Council (FSC) specified that the ...

Super charter should be enshrined in legislation: AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... in the charter. "With the growing ageing population, AIST supports comments from the World Bank that there is a Fourth Pillar required for the ongoing success of superannuation systems, namely aged care, health care, and active community participation," ...

Rice Warner nabs former Pillar COO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Rice Warner Actuaries have beefed up their superannuation consulting practice with two key appointments. Former Pillar COO Gary Cox, will on focus on member service offerings, including online calculators, member benefit projections. He will also work ...

Boardroom cloud tech eases organisational burden

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... financial organisation which make up the ASP are: AAS, AMP, ANZ Wealth, BT Financial Group, Colonial First State, Mercer, MLC, Pillar, SunSuper and Superpartners. Its role is to support the Federal Government in the delivery of its SuperStream initiatives ...

Lonsec expands research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... series of services focused to assist advisers in an evolving financial services environment. It has created a new research pillar - Strategic Research, a retirement solutions service from Lonsec's Investment Consulting team and an expanded its ETF research ...

Bissaker to head up Virgin Money

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... agreements in place with a range of partners including Citigroup TAL, Allianz Global Assistance, Auto & General Insurance and Pillar. Bissaker will take on the role on completion of the transaction and will work out of the Sydney office. "I am delighted ...