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Government amends key super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... passed without amendment. In discussing the first half of the new Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures Bill, Robert confirmed the government will amend the Bill to extend the outcomes test to choice products as well ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... real-time and without a signature or physical presence." Besides real-time processing, banks, fund managers and superannuation funds also need to rethink how they manage data. "You won't be able to exist in the world of the future unless your data is ...

Former Cbus executive joins Tasplan board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... and government-related board and committee experience, including as a past director at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and the Investment Management Consultants Association (ICMA). Tasplan board chair Naomi Edwards said the ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Improvement is a ceaseless quest and Australia's superannuation industry must do better to ensure positive outcomes for members. Opening the 2018 ASFA conference in Adelaide this morning, ASFA chair Michael Easson didn't shy away from the criticism ...

FPA fines Henderson $50k

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... of Financial Advisers' Practice of the Year award. McKenna said Henderson persistently pushed for moving her superannuation into a self-managed superannuation fund he would manage; despite clearly expressing she had no interest in doing so. Henderson ...

Deputy CIO promotion at industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
A $37 billion industry superannuation fund has promoted its head of investment strategy to the new role of deputy chief investment officer. Hostplus' Greg Clerk takes on the deputy chief investment officer role, reporting to long-serving chief investment ...

FSC moves to protect retail super from ALP 'tinkering'

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
The Financial Services Council has gone in to bat for retail superannuation fund members over Labor's proposed changes to franking credits. In a submission to the House of Representatives Economics Committee, the FSC outlined the impact of the current ...

Vale Paul Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... community. Costello passed away on November 5, following a long illness. He was a former chief executive at the Superannuation Trust of Australia; the founding managing director and chief executive at two sovereign wealth funds - the Future Fund and ...

Industry fund adds chief risk role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
A $21 billion industry superannuation fund boosted its leadership team, welcoming its first chief risk officer and an executive manager of people experience. VicSuper has appointed Martin Vassallo to the newly created role of chief risk officer. He ...

Super ESG options can outperform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
The average ESG investment option offered by Australia's superannuation funds outperformed the average MySuper default product in the 12 months to 30 September. Rainmaker analysis shows 68 super funds currently offer a total of 639 ESG investment options ...