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Tasplan and Quadrant merger official

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... merge with the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. Tasplan chief executive Wayne Davy said in light of the merger the fund's board has extended its commitment to invest in local businesses through the Tasmanian Growth and Development Fund by a further ...

Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) estimates that in the past decade bank-owned super fund members have been gouged by about $7.1 billion for above market fees to in-house suppliers. The estimate was released hours before the Senate will hold its final ...

Spring FG to expand across Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... season and will offer low-cost, online, personally-assisted tax services. At the AGM, chairman Guy Hedley said that the board and executives were acquiring 4.4 million more shares for nearly $1.4 million in recent weeks.

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... The bill could see one last amendment from crossbench senator Ricky Muir that would aim to keep the equal representative board model in legislation. Muir told parliament last week that removing the equal representative governance model for super fund ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation funds NGS Super and QIEC Super have flagged integrating their investments and insurance under a master trust structure. The boards of both super funds have entered a memorandum of understanding that will investigate the master ...

ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Towers Watson and Colonial First State executives have been appointed to the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal has been appointed as a service provider representative and ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... indicated that asset managers should engage with companies on issues of governance. Other areas of concern for investors were board diversity and succession planning (both 83%) and corporate actions (76%). "Attitudes to governance are changing. Until ...

Sunsuper hires AustralianSuper portfolio construction manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... strong background in portfolio management and construction and investment research and has worked extensively with a range of board and investment committees. Sunsuper manages more than $32 billion in funds under management for the benefit of more than ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said. "Advice can make a bigger difference to retirement income than investment management," ...

AMP Capital appoints account management head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... partnerships and marketing. She has previously held institutional sales roles with both Challenger and Perennial and is on the board of IMCA Australia. Keary said: "Marsha will be a great addition to our business and I am thrilled to have her on board. ...