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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 ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Henderson targets Queensland with appointment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... manager relationships. "Despite the challenging market conditions, we have seen solid net flows from both retail and institutional clients across a diverse range of our local and global investment capabilities," Gaden said. "With an experienced national ...

Roger the new face of REST Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation fund REST is testing the waters of virtual customer service technology with the launch of Roger - an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant instantly responds to member's super related enquiries online 24/7, and is ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Both industry super funds and banks have called on the federal government to establish a structure that facilitates institutional investors to finance housing stock. Cbus encouraged the establishment of affordable housing bonds, whereby an intermediary ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
A Gold Coast tour bus operator accused of failing to pay the superannuation guarantee to two workers from non-English speaking backgrounds will face court over thousands of dollars of alleged underpayments. A driver for AVA Travel contacted the Fair ...

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Led by the Australian Bankers' Association, Australia's largest banks are launching new initiatives aimed at improving customer satisfaction. The Better Banking program consists of three key steps. These are a renewed commitment to support customers ...

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
In response to a gap in financial literacy highlighted in member surveys, UniSuper recently launched two education initiatives. The $58 billion fund partnered with T. Rowe Price to make its successful US program, Money Confident Kids, available to UniSuper ...

Hedge funds riding wave of uncertainty: AIMA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... solid risk-adjusted returns over the short and longer terms, a facet of hedge funds that is highly prized among the institutional investors that Preqin works with," she said.

Saxo teams up for auto analysis tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Saxo Capital Markets partnered with a stockbroking software provider to incorporate automated technical analysis tools and live trade signals into the SaxoTraderGO platform. The integration of SaxoTraderGO with the Autochartist will allow users to apply ...