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Cbus and HESTA take out top AIST awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... causing the fund to be the recipient of the 2012 SelectingSuper Industry Innovation Award for Transparency and winning the 2012 ASFA Communications award in the best Delivery of Fine Print category. An App that gives educational material to student nurses ...

Life-cycle funds boost retirement income: Mercer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... according to Mercer's David Anderson. The financial services provider used the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney last week, as an opportunity to advocate the benefits of whole of life products. Anderson said ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... recognition that traditional investment approaches has many inbuilt limitations. Tony MacKenzie, chief strategist at QIC, told the ASFA national conference last week that contrary to some speculation, funds have been investing according to objectives ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Statement of Advice product to its clients, she said, speaking at last week's Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney. While still only at the Bill stage, Tranche three of the Gillard Government's MySuper reform will ...

Cloud computing to boost real-time super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... can access their superannuation data in the future. This year's annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney played host to a session that tried to tackle one of the trickier questions facing the highly-regulated ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... fiduciaries push members to engage, they should first ask what the engagement is meant to achieve. In Australia to attend the ASFA national conference yesterday, Donn Hess, head of product strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management advised delegates that ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... consider whether the insurance cover offered to members is appropriate. Speaking at the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney yesterday, Darren Wickham of TAL Group Life told delegates the new Prudential Standard is an opportunity ...

MySuper tranche three clears House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (ASIT), Industry Super Network (ISN), The Association of Superannuation Trustees (ASFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC), the statement also said the new rules would encourage people to be more ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... are harder to terminate," said John Evans, associate professor at the UNSW Australian School of Business, speaking at the ASFA annual conference yesterday. David Hartley, chief investment officer at Sunsuper, said an even more tangible risk is that problems ...

ASFA Board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... unveiled as the representative body's newest director. "We are extremely pleased to have someone of David's caliber join the ASFA Board and I'm confident our members will feel the same," said Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief ...