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IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... both growing parts of its base. As the chair of Industry Super Australia, Combet stuck by the plan to increase superannuation guarantee to 12% from the current 9.5% which has contested been contested by Grattan Institute in the past. He reiterated that ...

Women in Super ramps up "Make Super Fair" campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... for low income earners, to better support those with inadequate retirement savings No further delay to scheduled superannuation guarantee (SG) increases* Pay SG on the government paid parental scheme* Remove the $450 monthly income threshold on SG contributions* ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... thing we should consider." JPMAM global market strategist Kerry Craig said Australian long-term investors such as superannuation funds are looking beyond the end of cycles and are still eager to be active in the market to meet liabilities. Although there ...

Industry fund hires executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation fund has created two new executive executive roles that report directly to the chief executive officer. Local Government Super, which manages superannuation investments for employees in NSW local governments, has ...

Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... workplace survey, with a 21-year-old firm recognised as Australia's healthiest small workplace. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, planning firm Announcer and Mercer are all award winners in AIA's 2018 Australia's Healthiest Workplace Survey. ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... for sober reading for investors dabbling in the country's share market (that makes all Australians via their superannuation). The report shows that the seasonally adjusted estimate of total company gross operating profits eased to 1.9% in the September ...

Global manager wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
A global manager has won a $200 million custom mandate in global equities from a superannuation fund. Parametric Australia has created a factor-based portfolio solution that captures the super fund's views around risks in global stock markets with a ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... customer agreed to receive and act on financial advice from the firm. This advice typically recommended switching superannuation providers and insurance products, according to ASIC. "When consumers implemented the advice, significant advice fees were ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes carve-outs in superannuation reform designed to benefit the for-profit super sector are posing big problems for Australia's retirement system. Latest research from the AIST and UTS corporate ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
A new superannuation offering launched this week. Its investments exclude companies that don't commit to adding women to their boards; and it refuses to charge administration fees to members on parental leave. Verve Super is aiming to tackle an ...