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ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... international products out of that remaining 43." Christoe adds one of the drivers behind these trends is self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) looking outside their relatively large allocation to Australian shares. Magellan Financial Group head ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
As the superannuation industry continues to make retirement income strategies more readily available, Challenger now has its annuities on Colonial First State's FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms. The move follows Colonial First State adding CommInsure ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Melbourne, Bankwest, BT Financial Group, Commonwealth Bank, ING, ME Bank, MLC, NAB, St. George and Westpac. The only superannuation fund in the list is AustralianSuper, while fund managers and large investment banks such as BNY Mellon, Citi, J.P. Morgan ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... significant opportunity for the government to reform the current "poorly-conceived" selection process of default superannuation funds. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference he said: "Opening the superannuation market to competition ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus will move its group life insurance to TAL Life in November, ending its previous partnership with Hannover Life Re of Australasia. The move will deliver no premium increase to members, which is a significant agreement ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Fiducian, Intrust, HOSTPLUS and CareSuper. The SelectingSuper MySuper survey is based on returns from more than 80 superannuation products. Full results are available on the SelectingSuper website, click here to view.

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes proposed governance changes to superannuation fund boards ignore the lessons learnt from the HIH disaster. Speaking at the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen ...

FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... manager Alan Lewitton, AMP's Janet Beale, MLC Stronger Super development manager Jim Baker, BT Financial Group superannuation program manager Matthew Thomas, Commonwealth Bank's Geoff Ferguson, Suncorp Life chief executive Geoff Summerhayes, King & Wood ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... MySuper and tougher MySuper qualification would further cut administration and investment costs. Rice Warner head of superannuation insights Nathan Bonarius said across the super industry, scale benefits and lower margins would've contributed to a 60 ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called for a bipartisan commitment to 12% superannuation contributions by 2022 in her keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference on the Gold Coast. "With average balances still low - at $70,000 ...