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AustralianSuper merges investment options

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... for the Diversified Fixed Interest option were slightly higher than the Australian and international options. For superannuation investments the diversified option returned 5.96% over the year, higher than the Australian (4.17%) and international (3.99%) ...

20pct tax rebate is budget neutral: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% and pushing a 20% rebate on marginal tax rates for super contributions would have no effect on the federal budget. This is according to the latest modeling from PwC prepared for the Financial Services Council ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Industry consultant and after-tax specialist Parametric says issues that will keep superannuation trustees awake at night during 2016 include regulation, post-retirement solutions, and immunising members against market volatility. Parametric Australasia ...

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... one of Australia's largest impact investment funds and represents the biggest single commitment by an Australian superannuation fund to the local impact investing market. Through the Trust, HESTA and SVA aim to build a pipeline of investments and grow ...

Prime Super awards multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... growth portfolio needs at Prime Super," said Prime Super chief executive Lachlan Baird. "We offer straightforward superannuation solutions to empower our members to grow, manage and protect their wealth and retirement income and believe the PineBridge ...

EQT creates new division, appoints head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Equity Trustees has restructured its trustee services and appointed a new head for the business. EQT's Superannuation Trustee Office will become Superannuation & Portfolio Services (SPS), and will be led by current KPMG director, wealth advisory Mark ...

Northern Trust wins Mutual Trust custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... including strategic asset allocation, investment advice, portfolio management and administration, tax, accounting and superannuation, succession planning and intergenerational wealth transfer, asset protection and family office strategy, governance and ...

Frontier Advisors appoints infra specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... asset consultancies would struggle to grow in the face of increasing internalisation of investment teams within superannuation funds.

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... seconded workers, and their employers, will only have to make compulsory contributions into their home country's superannuation or pension system rather than both countries' systems," O'Dwyer said. "This is expected to save Australian businesses operating ...

Adviser standards need a tidy

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes it is not clear how proposed education and training requirements for financial advisers would apply to robo-advice. ASFA says if financial advice was to be provided online (robo-advice) ...