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SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Advised self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are more confident about achieving their desired retirement income than non-trustees, according to research commissioned by nabtrade and the SMSF Association. The research says about 53% of SMSF ...

ACFS director steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... role. In overseeing the continuing development of the centre, Ralston initiated projects such as the CSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Cluster, Funding Australia's Future, and the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. "The linkages she has forged ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has written to the chairs of over 30 ASX 200 companies regarding the lack of female representation on their boards. The goal was to remind these companies - which either had just one female director ...

LGsuper appoints chief digital officer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... appointment of a chief digital officer. The newly-created role sees Brett Barber join the Queensland-based public sector superannuation fund. Barber will be responsible for LGsuper's IT and marketing divisions. He has nearly 20 years' combined IT, marketing ...

Bank glitch delays government super payments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
A problem with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation's bank has delayed the superannuation payments to thousands of retirees. The CSC said on Friday morning that "about 99% of payments by value and volume were processed yesterday and that they ...

Top industry super funds align with Empirics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Empirics will provide its MarketSuite data analytics program to four of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds who manage more than four million member accounts. AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Hostplus are joining Empirics who will offer ...

Adviser input key to super fund switch: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Financial planner input has become essential for a third of superannuation fund members who want to change funds, the latest Roy Morgan research revealed. The proportion of super fund members who seek advice from financial planners to switch their superannuation ...

LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
A proposed governance change to superannuation fund trustee boards has the backing of LGsuper. In 2013 the Queensland-based public sector fund voluntarily adopted a board structure that included an independent chair and having at least one-third independent ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
An industry group believes raising the superannuation Preservation Age would see the number of involuntary retirees blow out while a separate group says the idea needs to be flexible in allowing early super access. Following a Productivity Commission ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Processes in administering self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) that previously took a couple of days to complete can now be triggered with the push of a button. Cloud-based solution, Class Super, has launched a suite of application programming ...