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Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... liquidity risk management for many super funds, said Howard Rosario, chief executive of Westscheme. Speaking at the ASFA conference today, Rosario said the pressure is mounting on trustees to manage liquidity risk - and there are more issues to think ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ASFA conference audience yesterday that one of the supply side challenges super funds are facing is intra-fund adviser recruitment and retention. ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their existing portfolios today. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Marshman made the bold statement to drive home his key message: the primary role of trustees is to acutely ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the super industry will play a key role, said David Morgan, former chief executive of Westpac. Morgan told the ASFA conference this morning that we need to remember that concern about Australia's national savings rate was a prime motivator of the superannuation ...

CFS GAM appoints regional MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... was at Russell Investments where she headed the institutional client service team. She is also the chair of the ASFA Conference committee, a member of the ASFA Investment Committee and was Chair of the Russell Investments Charitable Giving Committee. ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... that trustees only need to look after the welfare of their own members. Senator Sherry told journalists at the ASFA conference on Friday that there needs to be a system-wide approach to improving the infrastructure behind super. "We've got people trying ...

Age of the virtual super regulator

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... national boundaries, might just be the key to prevent a repeat of the global financial crises. Speaking at the ASFA conference in New Zealand yesterday, Jane Diplock, chair of the New Zealand Securities Commission, suggested that securities commissions ...

New dynamics, new realities: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Timor-Leste president and Nobel Peace laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta told delegates at the annual ASFA conference to prepare for the "new economic realities", where countries often overlooked in global policy-making such as Saudi Arabia, India and South ...

What members want

... revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing and business development, James Coyle, shared some of the findings ...

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ASFA Conference on the Gold Coast, Vamos said the community felt employers were already "doing their bit" when it comes to super, which ...