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Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
If no government is brave enough to mandate one-third independent directors on superannuation boards then funds should at least be accountable to members for their hires via an industry-wide governance code. This view is a key theme from responses to ...

AMP updates SMSF platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
AMP has updated the SuperConcepts superMate SMSF accounting platform. According to AMP subsidiary SuperConcepts' chief technology officer Kurt Groeneveld, the changes were made to accommodate "extensive testing and feedback from existing superMate users ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) is calling for financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure ...

AMP to announce SMSF board

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
AMP SMSF will announce a new board for its self-managed superannuation fund administration business in the first quarter of 2016. The new board follows AMP's acquisitions of SMSF administrators SuperIQ and SuperCorp in November and progresses the financial ...

Pillar layoffs unrelated to privatisation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... related to the upcoming sale of the company. In fact, Pillar chief executive Peter Brook explained, the superannuation administrator had been planning to reduce employees since 2013 following the completion of its new business strategy, Project Eleanor ...

Pillar privatisation confirmed

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
The NSW Government has confirmed it will sell its superannuation administrator Pillar, ending months of speculation. The state government will invest the proceeds of the privatisation into vital services and infrastructure, NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... investments and insurance are obvious areas for potential integration, other aspects such as brand, marketing and fund administrator can continue with current arrangements under the master trust model." Burke said the master trust would bring added member ...

SelectingSuper awards super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Pension won the Premium award. UniSuper also won the Consumer Choice Award, while AMP SMSF Solutions was awarded SMSF Administrator of the Year for long-term performance. Innovation awards went to Telstra Super MySuper and ANZ Smart Choice Super - Personal. ...

Northern Trust appoints head of hedge funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
Northern Trust has announced a new head of hedge fund services for Asia-Pacific, aligning with an evolving service demand in the hedge fund industry. The internal move sees Ali Sheikh appointed to the Asia-Pacific role. He was most recently a senior ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
As the transition to MySuper continues, lifecycle funds are becoming a popular default investment option. Darren Snyder explores this evolving market. Earlier this year a joint paper by AustralianSuper and the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...