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Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation funds NGS Super and QIEC Super have flagged integrating their investments and insurance under a master trust structure. The boards of both super funds have entered a memorandum of understanding that will investigate the master ...

Aged care, gold opportunity for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... difficult," an attitude that creates a gold opportunity for advisers to help their clients. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released the discussion paper 'The future interaction of superannuation with aged care and health ...

ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Towers Watson and Colonial First State executives have been appointed to the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal has been appointed as a service provider representative and ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has committed to doing more to reduce superannuation fees and improve after-fee returns for members even though super tax incentives are a cost to the government. As an approach to deliver super tax concessions that ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
The proposal for superannuation funds to have a comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) has experts cautious about defaulting members at a time when individual retirement solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

Sunsuper hires AustralianSuper portfolio construction manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... of investment manager, portfolio construction and will be based in the company's Sydney office. He comes to the superannuation and retirement business from AustralianSuper, where he was most recently senior analyst - macro and portfolio construction. ...

Aged care conundrum for superannuation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes the industry should look further than its 'man on the moon' moment and instead attempt to place a woman on Mars. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said the industry needs to show ...

Super fund tech investment to increase 20%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
More than half of superannuation funds are planning to increase the amount of money they spend on technology by 20% over the next year, a Link Group survey has found. The survey questioned major super fund chief executives about their plans to spend ...

Super funds should engage in pub theory

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
An Australian superannuation fund hosting your next pub trivia night could soon be a reality if it is not already happening, according to experts in behavioural science. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference ...

AustralianSuper chief calls for man on the moon moment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has called for the superannuation industry to have a grand ambition that includes delivering every Australian an adequate retirement income. Delivering an oration at the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...