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No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... elections in France and Germany. Political leaders in those countries will want to feel politically secure before embarking on a major budget exercise."

Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Attempting to keep superannuation reforms on the move, Treasurer Scott Morrison released more draft legislation yesterday. Among the second tranche of legislation are plans to implement the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, limiting the amount an individual ...

Masterfunds grow despite underperformance of platforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... that the market has now grown to $689.1 billion in funds under management (FUM), largely due to investment earnings. Most major companies showed modest improvement, with Macquarie proving to be the exception, reporting an annual growth of 26.1%. Its ...

Super industry CEO joins IIRC board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... IIRC said the pull for integrated reporting from superannuation investors in Australia is especially strong, where many major funds are leading by adopting integrated reporting themselves.

Federal Court approves OneVue merger arrangement

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The Federal Court has made orders approving the scheme of arrangement between OneVue and Diversa. As a result, Diversa has submitted the orders to ASIC, meaning the merger scheme is now legally effective. At the close of trading today, Diversa's shares ...

Budgets with more super tinkering are possible

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... states so there would be offsets but if you want to make a big difference, GST would be the first one," Evans said. The third major lever the government could pull is around capital gains tax. Evans said it was introduced in the Costello years after ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
About 30 superannuation funds are in line to own a majority share in Ausgrid, one of New South Wales' largest electricity networks. Ahead of the NSW government re-launching its Ausgrid acquisition process, both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper submitted ...

IRESS acquires super software provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
IRESS has entered an agreement to acquire an established Australian superannuation software business for a total purchase price of up to $90 million. The agreement will see IRESS acquire Financial Synergy, with the transaction expected to be complete ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Waning. Impotent. Ineffective. End-game. These were some of the adjectives applied to the major central banks' "non-conventional" policy stimuli of recent years. Terms, that when mentioned with the word "lift" alongside the Fed and the loss of faith ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... will be hurdles rather than roadblocks over the long term." The same forces driving the demand are also responsible for major pension reforms across the region over the last decade; designed to encourage the development and sustainability of the corporate ...