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Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Australians are paying attention to the superannuation conversation with new data showing super members are switching funds at a level not seen since 2010. Eleven per cent of super members switched funds last year, up from 9% in 2013. About 5% are intending ...

Super industry collectively engages indigenous Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... of Superannuation Funds; Industry Super Australia; Financial Services Council; Women in Super; AMP; MLC; GESB; Australian Super; QSuper; HESTA; First State Super; Cbus; Super SA: Vision Super; First Nations Foundation; AUSfund; Milestone Group; NT Superannuation ...

Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... Silk "said words to the effect that the offer price of $875 million for the Perth Airport Interest was within Australian Super's own valuation range." AustralianSuper is Australia's largest superannuation fund with $90 billion in funds under management ...

VicSuper and Challenger launch integrated super retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... VicSuper chief executive, Michael Dundon, said the partnership with Challenger is a "progressive move for the Australian super industry and will provide our members with greater choice in how they structure their income in retirement." The first CIPR ...

Energy Super awards $400m equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... active Australian equities managers will continue to be trusted to strengthen returns for members," White said. " Australian super funds have historically invested circa 30% of their funds in Australian equities and the ability to deliver outperformance ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Risk profiler FinaMetrica believes continued investment in Australian shares and cash could spell disaster for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) when the local market corrects. The call came on top of managed funds data recently released by ...

Independence on super boards should be skills based

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... responsibility to trustee directors than their counterparts in many OECD countries." The research concludes the boards of Australian super funds should include a number of independent directors but not at the expense of member representation in the fund's ...

Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Acting as a third party administrator, Mercer recently announced it will use Bravura's unified wealth management platform Sonata to administer multiple books of superannuation and KiwiSaver business for clients across Australia and New Zealand. A large ...

Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... international pension fund investment in Australian economic and social infrastructure" creates major opportunities for Australian super funds. Not-for-profit industry super funds seeking long term debt investments that provide social as well as financial ...

FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Property investment is tangible, attractive and easy to understand for the average investor. There has arguably never been so much discussion around property with some experts saying Australia is going through a housing bubble fuelled by low interest ...