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PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... startups and high growth businesses will help lift economic and jobs growth, as well as generate strong returns for superannuation funds and other investors. "High growth companies will have the greatest impact on future jobs and the Australian economy ...

Super gap concerns plaguing over 50s

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... desired standard of living, compared to 46% of men. The survey also revealed that Australian's added 2% to their superannuation and paid down 6% on their debt in comparison with the previous quarter. MLC general manager corporate super Lara Bourguignon ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has announced the appointment of two new directors to its managerial board and the reappointment of another director. Joining the board is British Columbia Investment Management Corporation founding chief executive ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... 2016 but it doesn't mean they are necessarily any closer to achieving adequate retirements. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released its Retirement Standard quarterly update and it shows a substantial fall in petrol prices offset ...

ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

HUB24 FUA up 84pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... their clients is tremendous and we will continually innovate as we seek to deliver to them the most functional superannuation and investment platform."

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Australians are among those most in need of financial advice with new research showing about one-quarter does not have superannuation. About 10% of Australia's workforce is self-employed and although it is not compulsory for them to make super contributions ...

SMSFs granted ATO extension over LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
An extension for self-managed superannuation fund trustees to ensure their Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements are "an arm's length" dealing has been welcomed by the SMSF Association. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said the seven ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... External Advisory Panel, an adjunct lecturer in financial planning at Macquarie University and is a member of the Superannuation Industry Relationship Network. Commenting on the appointment, APESB chair Nicola Roxon said the board welcomed Mackay's range ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... services was as a consumer, and she had very little regard for the sector. "I started work many years ago when superannuation was 3%," she explains, "so it was tiny and nobody really cared about it. Fast forward my own career 30 years or so and it's ...