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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 ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... QROPS status if benefits could be paid to members under 55 in circumstances outside of "serious ill health." Many Australian super funds, however, also provision for early release in cases of severe financial hardship, balances below $200 and certain ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... QSuper (82) and First State Super (96) also made the top 100 which is rounded out by UniSuper. Eight of the 16 Australian super funds listed in the top 300 improved their global position during 2014. Senior investment consultant for Towers Watson Australia ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
The UK government has enlisted a former Lord Mayor of London and property expert to pitch flagship real estate projects to Australian superannuation funds. Sir Michael Bear served in one of the world's oldest surviving elected roles from 2010 to 2011. ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Australian superannuation funds should not be worrying about their local counterparts and be more concerned with what international pension funds are doing as competition for assets continues to grow. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HESTA has partnered with Social Ventures Australia to launch one of the country's biggest impact investment funds. The $32 billion health and community services industry fund has committed $30 million - the largest single commitment to the local impact ...