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Frontier highlights best in show list weaknesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... of the Productivity Commission's proposed 'best in show' list. Given the strong imperative for the superannuation sector to consolidate, the white paper sought to uncover if the focus on forcing consolidation is misdirected. "The focus on ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... financial system. And transparently so. These standards will also apply in their entirety to all APRA regulated superannuation funds," Chester said. ASIC conducted research into how consumers experience complaints and found that while 17% of Australians ...

ATO guides SMSFs on PYSP changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
The Australian Tax Office has provided guidance on how self-managed superannuation funds might be affected by the Protecting Your Super reforms. The ATO confirmed to SMSF investors that the raft of changes - introduced as part of the Protecting Your ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... 55 funds participating including the original group of NZ Super, Accident Compensation Corporation, Government Superannuation Fund, National Provident Fund and Kiwi Wealth. AMP Financial Services New Zealand, ANZ New Zealand Investments, JBWere NZ, Milford ...

Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... 2010. He currently holds directorship roles at the Investor Group on Climate Change and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. Aberdeen Standard's ESG team has more than 50 investment professionals. It manages $913.8 billion of assets ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... of Australian shares for income. Ralston said: "We need to think very carefully before we reshape the Australian superannuation and retirement income systems, key aspects of which have had bipartisan support since 2000 or earlier. Retirees and those ...

Midwinter acquires InvestmentLink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... planning software provider InvestmentLink. InvestmentLink contains over 4.4 million client accounts across 300 superannuation and managed funds. It has $40 billion of assets managed by 12,000 advisers from more than 200 dealer groups. The financial details ...

Industry super fund chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
The chair of a $2.7 billion industry superannuation fund has left to become a member of Parliament. Club Plus Super chair and long-serving director Tara Moriarty recently became a member of the Legislative Council at the recent New South Wales state ...

Super fund names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
A $12 billion superannuation fund awarded its life insurance contract to a new provider, ending a seven-year partnership with OnePath. TAL will take over from 1 July 2019 as LGIAsuper's group life insurance partner. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar ...

ANZ provides update on wealth sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... of the business. This comes after IOOF breached its APRA licence conditions by failing to establish a dedicated superannuation trustee by the March deadline. ANZ completed the legal separation of the OnePath Pensions and Investments business from its ...