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Aust portfolio disclosure reforms toughest in world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013

AIST slams independent director quota

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
Tom Garcia, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), has hit out at the Government's plan to set a quota of independent members on industry super fund boards, calling it a 'number one issue' for AIST. Speaking at ...

Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
Corporate boards and fund managers need to better understand how industry superannuation funds arrive at share voting decisions, according to former Labor minister for superannuation Nick Sherry. With this aim in mind, Citi, where Sherry is now senior ...

Kinetic Super to use IFS advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Kinetic Super has become the latest super fund to engage the services of financial advice provider Industry Fund Services (IFS). The deal is testament to an increasing demand for financial advice from industry fund members, resulting from growing balances. ...

AusSuper's in-house plan to save $150m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
AustralianSuper has completed the first phase of its five-year plan to bring 30% of its investment management operations in house, including the addition of 23 new staff members. The industry fund said the first phase saw the "implementation of the ...

Cbus, FPA explain their referral deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Cbus explain how their pilot professional advice referral service will work. First of all, it will run from January to June 2014 and be available to Cbus members in Queensland, South Australia ...

Challenger reports big boost in annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Challenger has reported a 31% boost in its life annuities sales over the last 12 months, suggesting a burgeoning demand for annuities in Australia's as-yet-underdeveloped annuities market. Challenger's life annuities sales for the September quarter ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has appointed Bernie Ripoll Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. The appointment sees the portfolio returned to a shadow ministerial level after Kevin Rudd put it under the umbrella of Treasury. This ...

IFM to open Tokyo office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM) is set to open an office in Tokyo to be headed up by Eddy Schipper, current executive director, business development. This is the third major announcement this month from IFM, following the formation of a new private ...

Former Trio director provides enforceable undertaking

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
A former director of Trio Capital, Kurt Groeneveld has provided the prudential regulator with an enforceable undertaking excluding him from acting as a superannuation trustee for three and a half years. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...