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Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... that removing the equal representative governance model for super fund boards had attracted a lot of criticism and it was a "big concern" to him. He said Treasury told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that the equal representation model had ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Francly my dear, it couldn't have come soon enough. No Virginia, that wasn't a typo for the Swiss franc is back in the news again. As Bloomberg reports, "The franc fell against all but one of its 16 major peers Friday." "The franc dropped 0.7 percent ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
The proposal for superannuation funds to have a comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) has experts cautious about defaulting members at a time when individual retirement solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

GE Capital to exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

Aged care conundrum for superannuation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes the industry should look further than its 'man on the moon' moment and instead attempt to place a woman on Mars. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said the industry needs to show ...

Disruptive companies make great investments: Marsico

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... and needing access to more and better services. "Ability to sequence whole genomes cost effectively and the convergence of big data, biology, chemistry, math and 3D printing has driven greater understanding of diseases at the genetic level, leading to ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... years, Australian men would live about 3.5 years less if in that lower socio-economic educational environment." This presents a big challenge for policy makers at pension funds and insurance companies but of course there also opportunities for the industry. ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... promising to print some more next month. Again, this brings us back to the Fed's caveat, that of data dependence. And we got one big one last night, an upward revision in US third quarter real GDP growth from the initial estimate of 1.5% (annualised ...

New mobile broking platform launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... solution is the first of its kind in Australia and its sophisticated trading services, which were once the preserve of the big banks, are being offered at a price point small and medium-sized brokers can afford. These services can also be white labelled ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said. "Advice can make a bigger difference to retirement income than investment management," ...