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Worst 'fat cat' funds have high fee diet

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Automated investment adviser Stockspot branded 638 funds 'fat cats' in its annual survey of superannuation and managed fund performance, revealing high fees as the force behind underachievement. The study conducted analysis of 3,820 super and managed ...

Current super objective "un-Australian"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
ASFA believes it is "un-Australian" for politicians to settle on an inadequate objective for superannuation that restricts its purpose to merely substitute or supplement the age pension. The super fund representative body is urging people to take interest ...

LT Management fined over false SMSF advertising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... Management has paid an infringement notice for making misleading statements in relation to establishing a self-managed superannuation fund. The company was fined $10,800 by ASIC for deceptive representations in regards to the cost of setting up an SMSF ...

Super industry CEO joins IIRC board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors chief executive Louise Davidson will be the first Australian to join the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council. Davidson's three year board term begins 1 October and her appointment will ...

Federal Court approves OneVue merger arrangement

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... Australia's largest provider of outsourced unity registry services and Diversa is Australia's leading independent retail superannuation trustee - combining the two organisations creates a significant financial services footprint. "The combined business ...

NGS cuts ties with CommInsure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... executive Brett Clark said the insurer is delighted to be teaming up with NGS. "Insurance provided through the superannuation system delivers enormous social benefit to the community. NGS Super and TAL share a common vision on the importance of insurance ...

Budgets with more super tinkering are possible

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Westpac chief economist Bill Evans warns superannuation funds that further tinkering of the system at Budget time is not beyond the realms of possibilities. As federal politicians become further engrossed in "fixing the Budget" the chief economist reckons ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
About 30 superannuation funds are in line to own a majority share in Ausgrid, one of New South Wales' largest electricity networks. Ahead of the NSW government re-launching its Ausgrid acquisition process, both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper submitted ...

Super fund names new investment GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
An industry superannuation fund will welcome its new general manager investments in October. REST Industry Super is appointing Brendan Casey to the role, beginning Monday 31 October. Reporting to chief executive Damian Hill, the new investments specialist ...

IRESS acquires super software provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
IRESS has entered an agreement to acquire an established Australian superannuation software business for a total purchase price of up to $90 million. The agreement will see IRESS acquire Financial Synergy, with the transaction expected to be complete ...