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Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. Read below the relevant recommendations for the superannuation, wealth management and funds management industries. Objectives of the superannuation system: Seek broad political agreement ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... is overheating (growing faster than its potential) and may require monetary tightening." With 30% of Australian superannuation assets, excluding self-managed super funds, invested overseas Amundi's US rates commentary takes on major significance especially ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... residential mortgages; shifts in the pattern of funding of banks and non-financial corporations; with rapid growth of superannuation assets, Australia has moved from a system dominated by banks to one where financial claims are held by both leveraged ...

Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... will allow them to maintain higher weightings to growth assets whilst managing the risk of a GFC-style shock. Many superannuation funds see "lifecycle" strategies, which progressively de-risk investments as members approach retirement, as the answer ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC) - lobbied the regulator to exempt retail funds from revealing fees in the online superannuation calculators. "Starting in 2004 IFSA aggressively lobbied ASIC to issue a class order that would amend the Corporations Act ...

Retirement platforms to become the new battleground

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Retirement is set to become the biggest segment of the platform market, according to Rainmaker's latest set of superannuation funds under management (FUM) projections for 2012 to 2033. The personal platform market is currently the major battleground ...

SMSFs on track to reach $500bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... estimated one-quarter of their assets, and sustained consumer demand for the product style. Russell Mason, Deloitte Superannuation lead partner, said the continuing drive for consumers to use SMSFs defies critics who questioned whether the government's ...

AMP upgrades online functionality

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... their finances. These features include a series of educational videos explaining the various broad concepts of superannuation and insurance options, and tailored content targeting people at different life stages. "The new AMP online experience aims to ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Community housing will be pitched to superannuation funds as an investment at a conference this month as experts say a national housing shortage is driving up rents. Cath Noye from industry fund CBUS will chair a panel discussion on alternative market ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...