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Sunsuper CIO retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Sunsuper chief investment officer David Hartley is retiring from the $34 billion industry fund but has ruled out full retirement from the investment industry. After a decade with Sunsuper, Hartley announced his retirement today and said it was time ...

Most members actively choose MySuper: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
A study by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) shows about two-thirds of default superannuation members are actively choosing to enter a deafult option. From the study 'Delegation, trust and defaulting in retirement savings: Perspectives ...

Suncorp Life super channel leads profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Suncorp has posted the full-year results for its life division, with its superannuation channel seeing the biggest in-force growth: 23.4% on the previous 12 months to $496 million. Suncorp said this was because of "strong growth in sales in both WealthSmart ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... and accuracy of the insurance data. "Our staff has a depth of knowledge of retail insurance, group insurance and superannuation that allow us to keep at the forefront of research."

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... than $5 billion in assets should be required to merge. In was reported in Fairfax media this morning that a major superannuation research group has said that funds below this threshold should merge or fold because they are sub-scale, charge relatively ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... opportunity posed by the country's ageing demographics story, according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. The Member for Oxley highlighted figures from the Intergenerational Report which showed that by 2055 ...

Industry fund sponsors Oprah tour

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
A Queensland-based industry superannuation fund is hoping to gain exposure through one of the world's most powerful and recognisable women, Oprah Winfrey. Sunsuper has secured a major sponsorship for Oprah's Australian tour in December and apart from ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

LUCRF investment head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... at First State Super. Prior to that, he was chief investment officer at State Super. He has also held roles at Superannuation Trust of Australia, Mercer Investment Consulting, Towers Perrin and J.P. Morgan.

Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... talk about its 'death', you might say, will become very viable going forward given the rise of the self-managed superannuation (SMSF) structure," he said. "Just because it's self-managed doesn't mean they want to make every investment decision for themselves. ...