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Endeavour joins new OneVue platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... LUMINOUS platform. Endeavour, which is owned by the Linchpin Capital Group, will use the platform to support its superannuation fund and investor directed portfolio services. "OneVue is pleased to be able to assist this fast growing group to provide ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The success of technology start-ups and Australia's maturing venture capital sector are driving superannuation funds to reconsider VC as an asset class. In September, First State Super and Hostplus invested $110 million and $35 million respectively ...

Statewide appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... has the perfect mix of experience and local market knowledge to drive future growth at the $6 billion industry superannuation fund based in South Australia. "Across an extremely strong field of candidates Richard's passion for members, commitment to ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Several superannuation representative groups are addressing federal parliament with the belief there are too many holes for women in Australia's current retirement savings system. Ahead of the Senate public hearing looking at economic security for women ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... poorly-designed spending cuts that end up creating more problems than they solve," O'Neill said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos said the discussion around the equity and sustainability of superannuation ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... short-term investor according to Capital Group equity portfolio manager Jody Jonsson. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event yesterday, Jonsson said there were strategies that can be implemented to work around the ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Superannuation fund trustees have been provided a helping hand in the constant battle to manage members' retirement income. Global professional services company Towers Watson has launched a Retirement Strategy Appraisal (RSA) framework that aims to ...

ING DIRECT super manager promoted

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Former ING DIRECT manager superannuation Tim Hewson has been appointed to a new role internally to become national partnership manager, residential lending and wealth. ING DIRECT has made the appointment on the back of a "growing convergence of the ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Average working Australians would have thousands of dollars more in their retirement savings if bigger superannuation funds faced stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Australia's complex superannuation system disproportionately benefits higher-income earners and "undermines the progressivity of the income tax system." The IMF's latest economic assessment of Australia says ...