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Cbus director wins trustee award

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... stewardship Cbus is on track to save $100 million in investment costs a year by 2021. Noonan accepted the award at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday and acknowledged industry fund pioneer Mavis Robertson as his mentor. "His ...

Rejuvenated APRA asserts authority

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... poor cooperation. But it is being held back by the long-awaited passage of a Bill. Deputy chair Helen Rowell told the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday that APRA has turned a new leaf following several issues and recommendations ...

NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... for not-for-profit funds to be exemplary in terms of practices and performance. This was a key message at this year's Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), which kicked off at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday. Welcoming about ...

Consultation opens for claim handling changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... consumer would not be provided with any significant benefit as a result. Speaking at the Insurance Council national conference last week, Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said the consultation paper's proposed model of removing the current exemption ...

SMSFA recognises member achievements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... Fund Association recognised several distinguished participants in the SMSF community on the final day of its national conference. SuperConcepts' executive manager of SMSF technical services Mark Ellem picked up the SMSFA CEO Award, for fostering the ...

Royal Commission and its one canoe message is on point

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... is to keep their feet in one canoe. Speaking on the final day of the Self-managed Super Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, Cooper said Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's "lovely" assertion that intermediaries cannot stand in more than one ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... proposed franking credit refund policy is enacted. On day two of the Self-managed Super Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne this week, a panel of experts representing some of the world's largest fund managers discussed the best ...

Advisers need to behave above the law

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... behavioural standards expected of them. Addressing delegates on day two of the Self-Managed Super Fund Association National Conference in Melbourne this week, Deloitte ethics experts Dennis Gentilin and Deen Sanders explained the ethical principles underpinning ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... industry, according to a panel of experts. Opening the second day of the Self-managed Super Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne this morning, the panel - which included SMSFA chair Deborah Ralston and BT Financial Group chief executive ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the opening day of the conference ...