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Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... shift through the generations, but the amount stays roughly the same - and this has important implications for the superannuation industry. University of Limerick senior lecturer in economics Stephen Kinsella told delegates at the Australian Institute ...

"Enough is enough": Women in Super launch national campaign

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... is calling on the Federal Government to address the growing number of women retiring in poverty by boosting the superannuation accounts of low income earners. Speaking at the launch of the group's Make Super Fair campaign, national chair Cate Wood urged ...

BT appoints CIO and grows investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... Collocott had done an outstanding job developing BT's investment philosophy while acting in the position. "As the superannuation sector continues to grow while facing into a challenging investment environment it is imperative we have specialist investment ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... construction, according to Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, describing the debate as a "mug's game that wasn't going to get resolved in ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... Member's Bill to the House of Representatives today. Sharkie said it aims to address the shortcomings of the current superannuation system that's resulted in billions of unpaid super. The Fair Work Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2017 ...

Hands off super: SMSFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
The Self-Managed Super Fund Association is repeating its calls for a "sustained period of stability" in the superannuation system, telling the Productivity Commission that legislative change and speculation is an impediment to an efficient system that ...

MySuper milestones monitor industry movement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
July marked the 25th anniversary of the superannuation guarantee but it also signified other important milestones for the maturing $2.3 trillion super system. There is now three years of APRA MySuper data, meaning researchers have far more to work with ...

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Group insurers not doing enough to prevent the growing problem of employees owning multiple superannuation funds and life insurance premiums is equivalent to theft, according to today's life insurance parliamentary inquiry. Senate Parliamentary Joint ...

Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... way too incrementally. Describing herself as an "agent provocateur" to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Williams said that the industry is far too predisposed to congratulating itself for taking ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... done itself a massive disservice by using the term "impact investing." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Traill suggested that the term implies a disconnect between environmental awareness and ...