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Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... if their predictions ring true that the Aussie dollar will fall over the next two years. Sixty per cent of 40 Australian super funds surveyed by National Australia Bank (NAB) believe the Aussie dollar will fall in the next two years. Yet more than 75% ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... 26 discrete lifestages although others also offer less than five. In February 2013, Sunsuper became the first Australian super fund to launch an APRA-approved MySuper product - and it was a lifecycle fund. Sunsuper says its lifecycle investment option ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
Listed wealth management platform provider GBST has formed a partnership with MSCI to expand global equities after-tax calculation services at the indexing firm. The collaboration will, for the first time, see after-tax calculations made available on ...

Perpetual grows global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Perpetual Investments has appointed two analysts to its global equities team as it looks to grow its global equities strategy. Tim Cheung joins from Morphic Asset Management, where he was principal and head of research. Cheung has 11 years' of equities ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about ...

National Achievement Awards to recognise top executives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Nominations for the 2015 National Achievement Awards A close on November 6 and hype is already building around who will collect this year's top prizes. The National Achievement Awards are a joint initiative by La Trobe Financial and Financial Standard ...

SelectingSuper fund award nominees announced

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... mid-size organisations. These superannuation providers include: AMG, AMP, AMP SMSF Solutions, ANZ Wealth, Asgard, Australian Super, Austsafe, AvSuper, BUSS(Q), Catholic Super, CareSuper, Catholic Super, Cavendish Superannuation, CBA, CFS FirstChoice ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... return on investment, risk profile and diversification. "While superannuation is certainly a long-term investment, Australian super funds still have to maintain short-term profitability and provide annual results. This inevitably influences the sort ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
An increasing downward pressure and competition on superannuation fees may force super funds to become more passive in their investment strategies and potentially impair members' retirement savings. REST Industry Super chair Ken Marshman expressed this ...

Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... part of the Rice Warner Group Insurance 2010 to 2013 Industry Tables, which are based on member data from 16 Australian super funds. Rice Warner estimates this data represents 43% of all "group insured lives" in Australia. The report also examined total ...