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Rest appoints two group executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Superannuation fund Rest has appointed two group executives to join newly created units. Tyrone O'Neill is the new group executive of member engagement, while Brendan Daly will join the fund as group executive of product and operations. Member engagement ...

Regulators receive pre-Budget funding boost

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... enhanced on-site supervision of larger institutions; and the regulator's new role as the primary conduct regulator for superannuation. APRA's extra $150 million in funding will see the prudential regulator extend the Banking Executive Accountability ...

EQT hires risk and superannuation strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Equity Trustees hired a former APRA manager to the newly created role of head of risk and superannuation strategy. Justin Watts joins EQT's growing Superannuation Trustee Office (STO). Watts worked across a range of areas including superannuation, insurance ...

CFR, ATO report on SMSF borrowing arrangements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... assets. About 8.9% of SMSFs currently have a LRBA in place, and LRBAs hold 5.2% of total SMSF assets or 1.4% of total superannuation assets. The Government said because these numbers are so low they will not be making any changes to LRBAs and will instead ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... and ANZ all as a "moderate buy." Among the industry's biggest investors is the country's $2.8 trillion superannuation industry. The average super fund holds about a quarter of its Australian equities investments in bank stocks, according to Rainmaker ...

Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... since launching three indexed options last December, the influence of Barefoot Investor Scott Pape in simplifying superannuation investments is helping drive demand for its new products. "We are seeing some existing members and new members actively choosing ...

Macquarie axes SMSF residential property loans

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... these limited recourse borrowing arrangements under some political pressure. The Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2018 is still not passed, but if it is, the outstanding loan amount may increase a member's total superannuation ...

Hostplus partners to launch PE emerging managers program

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
The industry superannuation fund is partnering with a global private investments firm to establish a private equity emerging managers program in the US. Global private investments firm Flexstone Partners, which is an affiliate of Natixis Investment ...

Women lead superannuation fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
While the majority of members are not engaged with their superannuation, women are taking the lead and contributing more to their nest egg, new Vanguard Australia research suggests. Vanguard's 2019 How Australia Saves research, which analysed data on ...

Challenger super fund names advisory board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
A new superannuation fund has created an advisory board to guide its development, including a former AMP director of savings and retirement, and a director of Impact Investment Partners. TOMORROW Super, led by former BT Financial Group executive Wes ...