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Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
About 60% of Australia's SMSFs consider themselves to be unadvised, instead receiving their education around incoming super reforms from news and social media platforms. This is a key finding of new research from the SMSF Association and Commonwealth ...

VicSuper appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
VicSuper named a member director as its new chair. Christine Stewart, a member director on the VicSuper board for seven years, has succeeded Bruce Hartnett as chair following his retirement on 31 December. The $17 billion fund also appointed employer ...

Super taxes break $35bn budget hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Treasury has released its latest Taxation Expenditures Statement and it reveals the cost of superannuation's tax breaks to now be $35 billion and on track to climb a further 34% within the next four years. Superannuation taxation expenditures in 2015-16 ...

Severe inadequacies in retiree portfolios: VicSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
New research by $16 billion superannuation fund VicSuper suggests up to 50% of retirees aged 75 to 79 with defensive portfolios will outlive their savings. More broadly, the research also found that around 30% of retirees in that age bracket, regardless ...

Class partners for improved SMSF compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Class will deliver a new legal, pension and compliance document service to users via integration with an SMSF solution provider. The document service, provided by The SMSF Academy, is available to Class users through a tiered membership, offering streamlined ...

MySuper competition heats up: Rainmaker

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
MySuper is the new high-growth area for retail superannuation funds with attractive offerings competing directly with not-for-profit super funds. Rainmaker's September quarter MySuper report shows MySuper products operated by retail groups like banks ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Investment managers need to move away from the current culture of performance-driven investing towards one that is purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research ...

First client for Rubik Model Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Rubik has signed the first client to its new model bank. The fintech has localised Temenos' 'front-to-back' technology to develop Rubik Model Bank, a digital banking platform designed for Australian credit unions, mutual and other ADI's. Rubik chief ...

Perpetual awards global equity mandates

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
Perpetual Private has awarded new global growth and value equity mandates. BNP Paribas global equity partners Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss (BHMS) and Carnegie Asset Management (Carnegie) will manage assets for Perpetual Private's investments ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Cbus has been working with Willis Towers Watson to assess how effectively the fund is doing their primary job: preparing members for retirement. The $34 billion industry super fund has worked with the consultant in the development of a Retirement Income ...