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Female SMSF investors more focused on securing retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Female investors are increasingly using self-managed superannuation funds to build wealth, with women aged between 35 and 50 displaying different share trading habits to men. According to the latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report, a comparison of ...

APRA issues warning to underperforming super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is pressing ahead with its aim to remove the superannuation industry of underperforming funds, penning a warning letter to all RSE licensees to shape up or ship out. In the letter APRA deputy chair Helen ...

KPMG appoints new wealth management head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... promotion has opened the door to a new head of wealth management at KPMG Australia. Previously head of the firm's superannuation practice, Paul Howes will assume responsibility for the consultancy's entire range of asset management and investment portfolios. ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
The Future Fund expects to grow to more than $200 billion over the next decade, enough to cover all unfunded superannuation liabilities of the Commonwealth though the whole of this century. Results for 2016-17 released this morning show the $133 billion ...

Australian Ethical sees 34pct member surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Australian Ethical enjoyed a 34% boost in superannuation members in the 2017 financial year, pushing group funds under management to $2.15 billion. Reporting a 3% decrease in net profit to $2.9 million, the super fund and investment manager said headline ...

IRESS announces senior leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... all the best for the future." Separately, IRESS recently updated its Acurity platform to increase the ability of superannuation funds to provide members with a better experience, improving self-service and efficiency for members while providing scale ...

SuperStream ushers in digital era

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Ninety-five per cent of all superannuation payments between employers and the Australian Taxation Office are being performed digitally, five years after the roll out of SuperStream. The move to digital, which involved the co-operation of 200 APRA funds ...

Mercer wins super consulting mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
Mercer will act as implemented consultant for the superannuation business at one of Australia's largest life insurers from October. Appointed by TAL for a period of six years, Mercer was selected to support the TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund ...

MGP looking toward a better 2018

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... opted to not proceed post the due diligence undertaken by MGP, while a further three MoU's were executed to build a superannuation service with one determining not to proceed for commercial reasons. "The numbers of MoUs executed were lower than our expectations ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
A Superannuation Guarantee Taskforce is being established to crackdown on employers which fail to meet SG obligations and potentially short-change employees from their super. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the ...