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AMP to announce SMSF board

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... market-leading end-to-end service for customers, including a software-only option for administration." An AMP spokesman said this week the new board would also continue with the firm's strategy to grow the scale of its SMSF operation. "We are now focused ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... public sector retirees, the Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO), said in a statement this week there was an anomaly whereby public sector retirees who had been members of defined benefit funds paid about 5% of their after ...

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... once next year. All eyes will of course be on the US Federal Reserve, which Bryant said could raise rates as early as this week. "When this happens we will see a lot of things recalibrate. We can expect some short-term volatility once the interest rate ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... may refer matters to ASIC for possible action such as disqualification or suspension of their registration. Earlier this week Abe Samuel and Manoj Abichandani were also banned from being SMSF auditors.

Governance bill loses Senators' support

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Xenophon have agreed on a final-minute alternative deal. The final legislative vote is expected later today or later this week. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie ...

Decimal appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... forward to his leadership with founder Jan Kolbusz driving the commercialisation of Decimal to the next level." Earlier this week Decimal's chief executive for Australia and New Zealand, Carolyn Colley, announced she would be leaving the company, having ...

Life insurers must address group risk schemes: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... life insurers not addressing underlying structural issues in group risk schemes. In APRA's 2015 Annual Report released this week, the regulator outlined that although the group lump sum risk business - in particular total and permanent disability (TPD) ...

JANA chief executive joins industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... Sunsuper's investment team had also welcomed portfolio manager, asset allocation Andrew Fisher back to the business this week after six months at NZ Super Fund. Prior to that, Fisher had been at Sunsuper for five years. His appointment brings the size ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... found. Organisational leadership expert David Peake, chief executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this week there is a mathematical formula to determine the performance of individual staff. This formula factors in the employee's ...