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Property spruiker banned for providing unlawful advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... Trent's business model depended on "persuading relatively unsophisticated investors of the virtues of using their superannuation accounts to purchase investment properties and to establish SMSFs. "Investors were influenced to make important decisions ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
AMP will launch an online self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustee course early next year as part of a wider education strategy aimed at both advisers and trustees. AMP SMSF head of policy, technical and education services, Peter Burgess said ...

Australian Ethical joins animal welfare initiative

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Australian Ethical statement said. Australian Ethical has more than $1 billion in funds under management across superannuation and managed funds.

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has said the non-payment of super by employers is potentially costing young Australians $14,000 per year in retirement savings. ASFA estimates $2.75 billion each year is being lost through ...

HUB24 refuses IOOF takeover

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Its funds under administration (FUA) reached $2 billion over the last quarter. Net inflows to its investment and superannuation platform reached record levels of $337 million and were up 97% from the quarter ending September 2014.

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... have a number of investors that have been with us for around 10 years or even more." He added that this reflects superannuation funds' increasing focus on long term objectives, but also awareness that appointing new managers can be costly. "Super funds ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Labor's Jim Chalmers said the federal government sees superannuation as "some kind of petri dish for one ideological experiment after another" during a debate in federal parliament yesterday. The superannuation trustee governance bill won't be debated ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released new governance guidelines which consider recommending against the re-election of directors in companies which perform poorly on board gender diversity. The guideline dealing with ...

Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... Australia, Graeme Miller, said the firm considered it a privilege to be appointed. "As the largest public offer superannuation fund in Western Australia and one whose approach is focused on making a real difference to the lives of its members in retirement ...

Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... retire about 700 Australians are turning 65 every day and this demographic shift is focusing policymakers and the superannuation industry on the retirement income challenges facing Australia's retirees. "Whilst we expect positive regulatory reform, the ...