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MLC offers insurance rollover to external funds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
MLC will introduce an insurance rollover offer to external superannuation funds. The rollover provides multiple benefits to super funds, including a 15% upfront tax credit, 7% annual premium discount, enduring authority, automated annual premium payments ...

Colonial First State appoints independent super director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... wealth management division has announced a major hire that will see an independent director appointed in several superannuation board roles, most notably at Colonial First State Investments. Joining the boards of Colonial First State Investments Limited ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... included securing a 5% increase in the Age Pension for every year Australians continue to work and contribute to their superannuation beyond the pension age, without accessing the age pension," Deloitte wealth management leader Neil Brown said. "With ...

Perpetual grows global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... growth targets based on our proven capability and we are strong believers that the weight of money in the Australian superannuation system means allocation to global will continue to increase," Perpetual Investments head of equities Paul Skamvougeras ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... SMSF Association has renewed calls for the federal government to open up infrastructure investment to self-managed superannuation funds. At a time when both the government and opposition are focused on raising billions of dollars in capital to meet Australia's ...

Industry fund to double investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... move set to "encourage greater innovation" and deliver greater investment capability. The $10 billion industry superannuation fund announced it will be growing its investment team from five to 11 with new team members expected to specialise in research ...

Growth of women on boards painfully slow: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... an overarching market focus on board gender diversity. The statistic comes from the latest Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) report in to board composition and non-executive director pay among ASX200 companies. From the total ASX200 ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... Debby Blakey said her fund members would not benefit from seeing a lift on the $30,000 tax cap for concessional superannuation contributions for women returning to work. It is a measure being considered by the federal government to address the super ...

MLC insurance sale to cost NAB $1.5bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... allocation of goodwill and transaction costs. NAB also calculates that separating MLC's insurance arm from the advice, superannuation, platforms and asset management side of the business will cost $440 million. These costs include creating a new technology ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... financial regulator is under the spotlight after one of its senior officials briefed crossbench senators on proposed superannuation trustee legislation. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told a Senate Economics Legislation ...