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Survey reveals super fund strategic priorities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Post retirement products, member engagement and digital strategy remain top of superannuation funds' three-year strategic plans but new concerns are also being brought to the boardroom, according to a joint survey of fund chief executives by ASFA and ...

Impact investor calls on super fund VC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... Capital expects to deploy about $700 million in venture capital by the end of 2016, working with several Australian superannuation funds in the process. Trimantium Capital managing director Phillip Kingston and US-based co-chairman Roderick Thomson have ...

New super data adds more disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The first wave of new superannuation data collected and distributed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) can only add to debate around disclosure rules for super funds. APRA's annual superannuation bulletin now has data that includes ...

Rice Warner puts its case for budget changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Industry consultant Rice Warner has called on Treasury to reconsider three superannuation initiatives it put forward for the 2015 federal budget, alongside a raft of other proposed changes in 2016. Rice Warner would still like to see super funds offer ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Activist group Market Forces has published a report estimating 15 Australian superannuation funds have lost about $5.6 billion on fossil fuel investments since 2014. The recent study also found losses from fossil fuel investments may have cost some ...

Parametric exploring super smart beta

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
A global asset manager linked to Australian superannuation funds has been toiling with passive and smart beta strategies over the past year on the back of renewed interest. Such is the interest that Parametric Australia expects to double its assets ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
An industry superannuation fund has used the Fraser Review on governance to flag its concerns about the administration of defined benefit schemes. Vision Super, a $7.5 billion fund for local government and water authority employees, said any move to ...

AMP Capital adds infra fund to SMSF suite

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Growing investment interest from self-managed superannuation fund trustees has led AMP Capital to offer the Core Infrastrcuture Fund to its SMSF suite. A fund usually available to large institutional investors, the AMP Capital Core Infrastructure Fund ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... increasing alternatives. It's inexorable, whether it is US public plans or European insurance companies or Australian superannuation funds, the direction of travel is to increase alternatives - whether that's the hedge fund side or the less liquid side ...

CFS launches app for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... financial advisers "will have fast and convenient access to the latest rates and thresholds in relation to income tax, superannuation, income streams, social security and aged care." "It is part of CFS' commitment to provide advisers with tools and functionality ...