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Future Super issues $145m admin mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... continuing to build on this important strategic relationship with Future Super across its member services, pooled funds, institutional mandates and any new funds they incubate. And it's nice to support a fund that resonates with our culture. We admire ...

Sunsuper offering pension bonuses

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Sunsuper is following an initiative to offer member bonuses for transitioning retirement savings to an income account as part of a wider retaining strategy. The $34 billion fund's new pension product will include a bonus of up to $2,400 for eligible ...

ISA calls out pre-Budget arguments on contribution caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Industry Super Australia has slammed pre-Budget arguments that call for voluntary contribution caps to remain at current levels and allow Australians to make superannuation "catch-up" payments. Australian Tax Office (ATO) data analysed by ISA shows ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Allowing older workers to make voluntary "catch-up payments" is critical to building adequate retirement savings, according to the SMSF Association. In a report developed jointly with Rice Warner and BGL Corporate Solutions, the SMSF Association highlights ...

KPMG targets super to fix deficit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Superannuation tax concessions should be reduced to fix Australia's ballooning structural deficit, according to global audit, tax and advisory services provider KPMG. The company has specifically recommended that the annual income threshold at which ...

Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Contrary to the consensus view that older Australians are tired with super policy tinkering, a new survey of predominantly baby boomers shows that people are open to changes to the rules that promote fairness and contribute to the system's overall sustainability. ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
CBA chief executive Ian Narev has defended his company's life insurance arm in a letter to Senator Chris Ketter, noting he wrote to five affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
More than 16,000 New South Wales police officers will directly benefit from one of the federal government's superannuation measures to be announced in Tuesday's budget. Both federal and NSW governments have agreed to share the costs of an arrangement ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Fund managers are rushing to position themselves at the forefront of the multi-asset sector as the number of funds and products continue to grow, according to Lonsec. The researcher's Multi-Asset Sector Review revealed an influx of new multi-asset fund ...