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Queensland super funds become public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
Queensland government superannuation funds QSuper and LGIAsuper will have their membership open to the general public from 30 June 2017, following legislation introduced in the state's parliament last week. Announcing the legislative amendments on Thursday ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Veteran economist Dr Don Stammer has stepped down from his non-executive director and chairman duties at listed investment company QV Equities. QV Equities, the listed investment company managed by Investors Mutual, said in a statement that after celebrating ...

Group insurance gets a makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... calculated in pricing. This means insurers and super funds are not using a homogenous rate for an increasingly heterogeneous membership base and means there is less cross subsidy. The researcher believes this will have wider implications on insurance ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... for a large number of members, there are also a smaller number of larger super funds acting as gatekeepers to large membership pools. This is particularly the case for industry funds, with the top five funds representing over half of all members. This ...

ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

SMSF Association partners with Morgans to raise standards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... together to provide a range of education, training and accreditation offerings on SMSFs for Morgans' 500 advisers. Via membership of the SMSF Association, Morgans advisers will participate in either the SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) Pathway program or ...

Future Generation appoints CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... financial and charitable goals. "We are delighted that FGG will continue to benefit from Chris' experience through his membership of the Investment Committee and thank him for his contribution as joint CEO."

Government pushes "regulatory sandbox" for fintech startups

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... provided in a testing capacity," "the ability for sophisticated investors to participate," consumer protections "such as membership of an external dispute resolution scheme," compensation arrangements and modified conduct and disclosure obligations. ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... superannuation funds collect member ethnicity data because little is currently known about indigenous and wider ethnic membership bases. "We superannuation funds don't know who is indigenous, and we don't know who is a refugee etc. Marketing people are ...

Bravura gives VicSuper tech overhaul

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... links between data analytic tools and campaign management software, allowing VicSuper to understand the profile of its membership and target communications more carefully. Holding VicSuper back previously was an existing mix of third-party and in-house ...