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Retirement objective is income not performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Providing retirement income solutions for super fund members requires funds to be clear about their goals. Is it achieving high investment returns, enabling members to accumulate high fund balances or is it about providing retirement income, notwithstanding ...

Study highlights honesty of LinkedIn users

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Only 24% of financial services execs regard information posted on LinkedIn as trustworthy, according to a study released this week. The study, carried out by recruitment agency Robert Half, polled 150 chief executives and finance directors in Hong Kong. ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The headlines for the sector are that the superannuation changes announced on 5 April 2013 have been confirmed, the Medicare levy will increase by 0.5% from next year to offset the cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), some future tax ...

Challenger extends deal with SimCorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Challenger has extended its licence with platform software provider SimCorp. Challenger first partnered SimCorp in 2003 when, with $10 billion in funds under management (FUM), it was faced with need to either re-jig its legacy system or invest in a ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Niche industry super fund mergers may have gotten some bad publicity, but they needn't be all bad according to NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball. A recent survey by NGS Super found member satisfaction with the fund was at 84%, following ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Australian superannuation fund First Super has expressed strong concerns at 'on-going governance issues' at JP Morgan and has resolved to take action at the annual general meeting. The $1.7 billion industry fund said it would contact its international ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Retail investors will have a wider investment universe to choose from with exchange-traded government bonds (AGBs) set to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). In a statement yesterday, the ASX announced that exchange-traded AGBs will be ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013

Govt could handcuff SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
The government may have to force self-managed super fund (SMSF) members to undertake mandatory advice or outsource their investment strategy back to professionals to cover off a risk of it facing unexpected pension liabilities. That is the view expressed ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013