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Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... superannuation guarantee payments, stating it's "costing around one in three Australians up to $1500 a year." Labor predicts the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority will only deliver lower protections for people disputing their superannuation ...

Treasurer launches new financial system inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... said. Such problems can be addressed by the PC, as well as empower consumers to find the best savings account, credit card or home loan deals for them, he added. The inquiry will commence on 1 July and is due to report the following year.

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... personal offers, struggled to match the SelectingSuper insurance group insurance benchmarks. In May 2014, Coles introduced "new affordable life insurance, starting at as little as $1 a week" including its 'price beat' guarantee, underwritten by MetLife ...

Industry funds lead Labor's super inquiry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Industry superannuation funds are taking charge of the discussion around a new Senate inquiry aiming to address superannuation guarantee non-payments. Cbus and Industry Super Australia have released a report that suggests about 2.4 million or about ...

AustralianSuper, IFM Investors buy Ausgrid in five weeks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... $16.2 billion for a 50.4% interest in a 99-year lease of Ausgrid. IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said: "This is a new kind of 'PPP' - a true Pension Public Partnership. This Pension Public Partnership makes Australian superannuation money ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
About 30 superannuation funds are in line to own a majority share in Ausgrid, one of New South Wales' largest electricity networks. Ahead of the NSW government re-launching its Ausgrid acquisition process, both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper submitted ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... demographic shift across Asia presents a significant investment opportunity according to the latest insights from AMP Capital. The new white paper published by AMP Capital associate director Christopher Deves looks at the economies of Japan, China and ...

Voya names new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... company as senior portfolio manager in 2004, Hurtsellers led the agency-guaranteed retained portfolio team at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (known as Freddie Mac), with US$650 billion in assets under management. In his most recent role ...

Funeral bonds on the minds of advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... demand in the product's annual take up. Australian Friendly Society chief executive Mandy Cooper said over the past two years new business has more than tripled, in line with the country's ageing population and increased financial adviser referrals. ...

Aussies unsure about super contributions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... common dream for retirement is to travel overseas (58%). When asked where Australians want to travel to in retirement, 34% said New York, 29% said Perth and 19% said Prague. The survey also highlighted 19% of Australians want to "grow old disgracefully" ...