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Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The first review of the financial system since 1997 may result in lower superannuation fund fees and slow the erosion of retirement nest eggs. At a time when financial advisers and the Commonwealth Bank are under a cloud, the head of the financial system ...

Palmer to oppose abolition of LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Clive Palmer has announced his party will block legislation to abolish the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Addressing the National Press Club today, Palmer said: "Palmer United supports the abolition of the mining tax, but cannot support ...

Superpartners suspends platform development

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Superpartners has suspended development of a major IT project four years after it was due to be completed. The Australian Financial Review today reported that the aborted project exceeded its budget by $180 million. Superpartners did not respond to ...

AustralianSuper appoints European property manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed an investment manager to execute its direct office and retail property investment strategy in Europe. Rockspring Property Investment Managers' mandate will focus on large office buildings, either standalone or part of larger ...

Equipsuper removes CFO role, adds key staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Equipsuper has removed the role of chief financial officer and brought all risk and compliance staff under the newly-created position of chief risk officer. As a consequence of the changes in the superannuation fund's leadership team, chief financial ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Westfield Retail Trust's main shareholder, UniSuper, has likened a $70 billion restructure of shopping centre assets to getting the wrong piece of fruit. UniSuper, which holds an 8.5% stake in WRT, has opposed the restructure of assets that are jointly ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds are synonymous withA growth. As their number surpasses the half a million mark, Laura Millan looks at the opportunities for individual investors and how SMSFs could contribute to the Australian economy. Of all the appealing ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
The World Bank has made its innovative Green Bond available for the first time in Australia, with the issue of $300 million worth of five year fixed rate bonds. UniSuper was the cornerstone investor, putting $100 million in the Kangaroo Green Bond ...

Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Less than 15% of Australians aged 40 to 64 meet the standard set by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for retirement savings, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the University of Melbourne. The research has determined that ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Public sector fund QSuper has expanded the lifecycle model to include account balance as well as age in its new MySuper product, QSuper Lifestage. While most lifecycle products focus exclusively on age, with younger members on more growth oriented strategies ...