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Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Trade Unions president, Ged Kearney, has voiced her support for a higher super guarantee and urged women in the super industry to maintain the fight for equal rights and to demand more action from government figures. Speaking at a Women In Super event ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... super funds including Cbus, Legal Super and WestScheme, see the event website. To discover the real reasons why the super industry is consolidating, see the upcoming issue of FS Super: the Journal of Superannuation.

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The superannuation industry is waiting to see the impact of the carbon tax on the ecomony, with funds already prepared for environmental investment thought to be best placed under the new impost. Nicky Richards, chief investment officer of MLC Investment ...

Legalsuper calls for default funds review

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... selection process. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of legalsuper, said that with the Government actively assessing the super industry at this time, it seems right to try and raise awareness of this issue. "With everything going on with MySuper and SuperStream ...

Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... she should have behaved differently. As such, APRA has accepted her offer and agreed to Beck stepping out of the super industry for four years with a potential reduction to two years subject her help with any investigations. "Accepting an enforceable ...

Back office firm eyes super growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... MainstreamBPO said that it offers an effective IMA/SMA solution for clients and is ready for any changes to the super industry resulting from MySuper and FOFA. "Being flexible and personalised will allow us to move quickly and efficiently to help adopt ...

Super trustees new cloud solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... trustees, recording board meeting items and tasks. AIST said the product clearly shows there are members in the super industry tackling administration inefficiencies and actively seeking out new ways to streamline business processes. "It reinforces that ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... trustee duties and legal responsibilities. In her opening speech, AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds said if the super industry could not reach broad agreement then it runs the risk of having reforms imposed upon it. "It remains to be seen to what extent ...

Offshore fund managers tap Northern Trust

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... outsource admin custody. "We are in a great spot to provide that," said Hester. Mergers and consolidation within the super industry highlights the opportunity for custody service providers as funds are now evaluating its custody services more intensively. ...

FuturePlus targets super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... accounts to start the process of moving into third party." FuturePlus believe there is a niche out there, within the super industry, of funds between 20,000 - 100,000 members mark, and it can service differently from the major players. "We are better ...