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ATO on phoenix watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
The Australian Taxation Office is continuing its crackdown on illegal phoenix activity, including unpaid superannuation, following the recent execution of six search warrants on the Gold Coast. The ATO said the six warrants were executed through the ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Regents of the University of California, as well as Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme and Legal and General Investment Management have also come on board, as has PGGM and APG from The Netherlands. Separately ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... portfolio managers. But she jokingly insists there was no acting. She quickly developed a penchant for working with superannuation funds and it was this institutional experience that took her to Melbourne. Next came an opportunity to move to London to ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... adequacy index to gain a better understanding of how members are tracking towards their retirement goals. While superannuation funds have traditionally relied on the ASFA retirement standard to benchmark how members are tracking, UniSuper's retirement ...

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
If the government's proposed changes to superannuation go through, keeping any excess funds over the $1.6 million cap in accumulation is likely to be more beneficial than withdrawing it from superannuation altogether. That's according to modelling by ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... says. Drawing its views from two major research pieces, described as the most comprehensive study of Australian superannuation accounts ever undertaken, the Institute says the super balance exhaustion will only place further pressure on the Federal Budget ...

Super platform goes for gold

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
A new retail superannuation platform partnership will mean members no longer have to be in an SMSF should they wish to own and invest in physical gold. The Cor Capital Fund - a diversified managed investment scheme with an allocation to physical gold ...

ASIC hands down multiple bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... client sign a blank Authority to Provider Information (ATPI) document which was photocopied before the names of superannuation funds and other details were entered; altered an ATPI document after it had been signed by a client and created two versions ...

SMSFs will shape the future of ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... exchange-traded funds is one of the most remarkable growth stories in Australian financial services, and self-managed superannuation funds are going to lead its future. State Street Global Advisors head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific Jonathan ...

Synchron debuts adviser investment solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... company to provide investment solutions to its advisers. Through Valant Capital, the High Wrap investment account, superannuation account and pension account will be available to Synchron's more than 400 advisers. Ten Valant Capital model portfolios ...