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Private equity shift keeping investors busy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... market, according to IFM Investors head of private capital, Steven Lipchin. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently, Lipchin and fellow panelists were of the opinion that although private ...

Pressure mounts on Cbus in Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Corruption. On Monday Counsel Assisting the Commission made submissions to its inquiry on Cbus, alleging the industry superannuation fund chief agreed to provide personal details of fund members who were Lis-Con employees. Counsel Assisting allege Atkin ...

Zurich launches planner client survey tool

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... are designed to assess clients' financial literacy across multiple areas, including insurance, estate planning, superannuation and investments. "For advisers, having an automated or 'robo' tool like the Wealth Index to equip them with information such ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns Age 55 Super Fund (SMSF) has joined the Local Government Superannuation Scheme as the only two approved Australian funds on the QROPS list. The list was tightened in July after UK pension policy ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently, ASIC senior executive leader, investment managers and superannuation, Ged ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... 5%. Newfield said the two key drivers behind Australian growth were the net inflows resulting from the compulsory superannuation guarantee - which continue to aid in growing Australia's retirement savings - and the fact that Australian superannuation ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
A survey of superannuation websites by ASIC has found that some super funds are falling short in their requirement to display certain information on their websites. The Superannuation (Industry) Supervision Act (SIS Act) and SIS regulations 2.37 and ...

MySuper fees force super fund to exit high return strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
The requirement to charge low fees under MySuper has forced one superannuation fund to exit a Principal Global Investments (PGI) strategy that had returned 13% over five years. PGI chief executive in Australia Grant Foster said that the super fund pulled ...

Government should super seed low income earners

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Industry Super Australia is proposing the federal government pay an annual $5000 superannuation contribution to lower and middle income Australians between 27 and 36 years old. Known as "Super Seed" the payment would help bridge the superannuation gender ...

Super investment fees should align with CPI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Breaking down the link between superannuation fund growth and investment fees would reduce costs remarkably, according to Frontier Advisors director of consulting Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker said if super funds grew at 10% per annum for the ...