Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 7651 - 7660 of 18128 results for "superannuation"

KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Keep It Simple Super (KISS) will now use Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360 as its self-managed superannuation administration and corporate compliance software solutions. Both products are owned by BGL Corporate Solutions, whose managing director Ron Lesh ...

Industry funds secure stake in QLD airport

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Industry superannuation funds are ensuring their slice of Australia's infrastructure pie, investing in a 99-year lease of the Sunshine Coast Airport via Palisade Investment Partners. Following a competitive tender process comprising 17 domestic and ...

DomaCom secures exclusive US distribution partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... ago," DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said. "Enormous buying power exists in our large industry and retail superannuation funds and our growing A$600 billion self-managed superannuation fund market. There are vast sums of money sitting there ...

Merlicek to retire, IOOF appoints new CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... Achievement Awards' Chief Investment Officer of the Year. At the time Merlicek spoke to FS Super - The Journal of Superannuation Management, and said that CIOs were important figure heads who could impart their knowledge to younger colleagues. "I've ...

Custodians turn attention to CIVs and MITs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... regulatory and advocacy front, ACSA facilitated the implementation of the new Accounting Standard AASB 1056 for superannuation entities, and rollout of ASIC Regulatory Guide 133 for managed investments and custodial services. The year also marked a movement ...

AMP cops short-term pain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... division were impacted by regulatory uncertainty which caused investors to be wary of contributing additional funds to superannuation while advisers battled with legislative changes. AMP recorded FY16 net cashflows of $336 million, significantly down ...

Meat industry super fund CIO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
The chief investment officer of the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) resigned from her position. Mary McLaughlin was CIO at MIESF from 2013. In a statement, she said that her time at the fund had been "very interesting and the fund ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... CommBank Retire Ready Index. The report, which bases their comfortable retirement standard on the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia definition, said that an individual's superannuation savings, combined with personal assets and the Age ...

Bendigo targets ethically conscious investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... told us that it would be great if they could extend their commitment to a low-impact lifestyle to their chosen superannuation fund as well," head of wealth Paul Rohan said. "Making good choices is important for younger members in particular and their ...

Former Suncorp executive joins ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... is a former chief financial officer of both Suncorp and Perpetual. He has also previously chaired the Perpetual Superannuation Board and served as a council member of the Australian Bankers' Association. ME Bank, which is owned by a collective of industry ...