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Industry fund CIO resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... to assist the industry to design retirement outcome solutions," it said. Mine Super invests about $11 billion of superannuation money for 63,000 members. It is based in Newcastle and has 180 staff.

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... and AMP fee for no service scandals were in the spotlight as chairman Wayne Byres was asked about the regulator's superannuation work in the final hours of the Royal Commission's public hearings. The prudential regulator reviewed AMP's trustee framework ...

Royal Commission: And that is a wrap

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... administrative support staff," Orr said. Witnesses included the top lineups at banks, mortgage brokers, advice groups, superannuation trustees, insurers, regulators, external dispute resolution bodies, consumer groups and industry bodies. But Orr singled ...

Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... up the lost-income from these regressive changes," Wilson said. About 15 million prospective retirees who hold a superannuation account would also be affected, Wilson added. "The removal of full cash refunds would alter the relative benefits of investing ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Australian superannuation funds are actively partnering to seize investment opportunities in infrastructure and real estate compared to global counterparts, new research shows. Preqin's Australian Superannuation Funds in Alternatives report finds ...

Investment manager chair retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
The chairman at one of Australia's largest institutional investors, and a long-time industry superannuation fund advocate, will retire next week. IFM Investors chair Garry Weaven will leave his role at the firm's board meeting on December 4, and ...

Former planner charged with dishonesty

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... transferred funds from the SMSFs of his clients on six occasions, to three companies he was the sole director of and a superannuation fund administered by Ostrava. According to ASIC, Thrive Lending, Trade BTC and Beta Pharmacology all received funds ...

Corporate and industry super funds unite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
A longstanding corporate retirement fund is merging with an $8.6 billion industry superannuation fund. Members of the Fairbrother Employee Retirement Fund have had their super savings rolled over to Tasplan under a new agreement reached between the ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
The growing pool of superannuation means there has never been a better time to be a financial adviser, according to a new industry white paper. With super assets projected to hit $9.5 trillion by 2035, ClearView believes this represents an unprecedented ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... platform's recent launch. OpenInvest is an investment platform enabling self-directed investors, including self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees, to engage with and select an investment management company to help manage an investment portfolio. ...