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Hands off super: SMSFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... changes to the system. The Association's submission, which also raises issues of housing affordability, infrastructure funding, red tape and how to better integrate superannuation with social security policy, says superannuation underwent significant ...

Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Parametic managing director, research for Australasia Raewyn Williams believes the super industry is innovating way too incrementally. Describing herself as an "agent provocateur" to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super ...

No room for complacency: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell believes that while the superannuation industry has a lot to be proud of, there's no room for complacency. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Rowell said now that ...

ASFA puts gig economy on the agenda

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
The rise of the gig economy will have profound effects on the nature of work and challenge the effectiveness of the superannuation system, a leading industry body believes. In a discussion paper released today, the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
According to Dundas Global Investors senior partner Alan McFarlane, the true architect of superannuation wasn't Paul Keating - it was Martin Luther. While he admitted it was a long bow to draw, McFarlane told delegates at the Australian Institute of ...

Sole fund closed by Australian equities manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Integrity Investment Management terminated its only fund with immediate effect last Friday as its founder prepares for a sabbatical. An announcement on the firm's website explains the Integrity Australian Share Fund has ceased to accept applications ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

Financial stress devastating Australian lives: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Australians are turning to drugs and alcohol to manage the symptoms of financial stress according to the latest research. Details of a survey published by start-up Financial Mindfulness, based on CoreData research, show that almost one-in-three Australians ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Several Australian superannuation funds have been included in the ranks of the world's largest pension funds, recording a 9.1% increase in growth. Research provided by Willis Towers Watson shows that of 300 pension funds listed, 16 Australian funds ...

Female SMSF investors more focused on securing retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Female investors are increasingly using self-managed superannuation funds to build wealth, with women aged between 35 and 50 displaying different share trading habits to men. According to the latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report, a comparison of ...