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World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... managers to identify and articulate ESG in their investment processes. In Australia almost two-thirds (66%) of superannuation fund trustees expect the role of ESG to increase, according to a recent survey by the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Members less likely to switch from workplace funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... their workplace super fund, explaining why retail wealth groups are ramping up their political campaign to decouple superannuation from industrial awards. Roy Morgan has just released its latest Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report ...

SuperStream deadline nearing for employers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... should be well progressed on SuperStream implementation. SuperStream is expected to improve the way employers pay superannuation by introducing a common standard for making payments that is completed electronically. ATO national program manager data ...

First State Super restructures top brass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... member administration and service centre. Prior to joining First State Super, McAliece was the lead partner of superannuation advisory services with KPMG and chair of the joint working group that provided oversight to the 2011 merger of First State Super ...

Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... recently announced it will use Bravura's unified wealth management platform Sonata to administer multiple books of superannuation and KiwiSaver business for clients across Australia and New Zealand. A large provider of outsourced superannuation administration ...

Widen access to PLS, say cross-bench senators

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Senators Jacqui Lambie, Glenn Lazarus, Ricky Muir and Nick Xenophon have called on the government and opposition to back legislation to broaden access to the Pension Loan Scheme (PLS). The PLS, established by the Hawke government in 1983, is a reverse ...

Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... by the ACTU is expected to be taken seriously especially as 15 of the 23 conference sponsors were major industry superannuation funds, associations or affiliated companies. In the same presentation, delegates were told that "a remodeling of Infrastructure ...

Super life insurance misconceptions addressed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The sale of life insurance through superannuation funds has extended both sectors' reach yet the extra exposure is sending mixed messages to current and potential customers. On one hand life insurance payments and claims have been increasing as members ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... representative group CSSA is calling on the industry funds movement to apply its standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was seeking submissions ...

Super rules for women still unclear

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
A federal parliament bill aiming to clear uncertainty around employers paying female staff more superannuation does not have support from the current government, Fairfax Media reports. In 2014 the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...