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ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... most recently deputy chief executive for the Committee for Melbourne, will be responsible for implementing the super industry body's advocacy strategy to the Federal Government. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA, said Noble brought a deep understanding ...

Super heavyweights reach out to younger members

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... superannuation, ICAA, said the forum allowed the industry to look closely at the younger demographic and how the super industry work collaboratively to engage people in super. "It was thrashing out ideas on how younger people communicate, which, of course ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... injection". Once inside they could delete or tamper with records, or steal private information. "All data in the super industry is on SQL databases such as Oracle, Microsoft, etc," said Det-Inspector van der Graaf. The superannuation industry's greatest ...

ASFA ushers year of e-commerce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... consecutive year as chair, Sammells said he will push for the introduction of e-commerce as a viable option for the super industry to make operationally more efficient and "easy to do business with". "This is a significant time to be involved in the ...

Super stoush over opt-in scheme

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
A super industry stoush is brewing over annual opt-in fees proposed under the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. The Industry Super Network (ISN) has come out in favour of the yearly renewal framework while the Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Intra-fund opens new doors for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... that trigger point where consumers will be looking for more forceful advice and no doubt when they find that the super industry cannot provide that level of advice, they are going to look elsewhere," said Klipin.

Super funds still lag in understanding ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... proposing five measures to encourage industry-wide implementation progress in ESG investing. These include major super industry bodies working together to establish a consistent understanding of the term "ESG practices", and regulators to clarify trustees' ...

ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The rising importance of superannuation in the economy and members growing reliance on their super's performance have formed the basis for the latest ASFA Policy principles report, released this week. The principles report, which is updated annually ...

Record inflows into legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), total annual non-employer contributions across the entire super industry rose 5 per cent in the year to March compared to the previous year, while legalsuper's increased 26 per cent over the same ...

Australia's funds industry lacks leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... important issues, said Urwin. "[The industry] has so many assets - talented people with principles who love the super industry and all it stands for. The high-principled players need to get out more."