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Super Springboard scholarships for women announced

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... evidence increasingly shows that greater diversity leads to a more effective and efficient board," said Ms Wood. "The super industry has been leading corporate Australia for some time now in terms of the percentage of female board members, although women ...

Cbus and HESTA take out top AIST awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Cbus super and HESTA have taken out the top two honours at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) 2012 Awards for Excellence. Construction industry fund Cbus took out the award for best annual report, after its 2011/12 report demonstrated ...

BT hires new head of super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... to the asset manager, the appointment is part of its strategy to capture the lion's share of the $1.3 trillion super industry. "Superannuation has been called-out as core to the Westpac Group's strategy, given its critical importance in helping Australian's ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Despite pressure on fees from a consolidating super industry, a combination of regulatory reform, increasing demand for less conventional assets and a rise in the amount of money going into super savings will magnify fund managers over-dependence on ...

AustSafe Super to merge with retirement fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... super fund for rural and regional Australia." Alf Cristaudo, chairman of the board at CRF said that currently the super industry is undergoing some major changes which will ultimately make the whole system strong. Unfortunately, he added, as a result ...

CGT relief passes House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... uncertainty can now proceed." The Government has repeatedly expressed a desire to see more consolidation across the super industry to achieve better cost efficiency for members, said AIST in a statement yesterday. "MySuper has been the catalyst for the ...

CPSA brands super centre wasteful

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... "It's good that the centre will be independent after three years, but that still leaves plenty of time for the super industry to set the culture to serve their own interest." Shorten has defended the measures saying that the industry puts the interests ...

Core Data: Super members crave quality dialogue

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... detail if they need it. The research also points to significant room to improve satisfaction and engagement in the super industry, plus a growing desire for financial advice and information. CoreData's Super Engagement Index is built around the core ...

SMARTpension receives five-star rating

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... they can access their funds through a product that offers value for money and flexibility. "At the same time, the super industry needs to focus on creating post-retirement products that deliver the features retirees need," said Bolton. "Receiving a five-star ...

Big data 'big headache' for super: J.P Morgan

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... information, will take poll position in Australia's highly competitive investment and increasingly rationalised super industry. Big data refers to the processing of large volumes or wide varieties of data in ways that deliver real business benefits to ...