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New MetLife hires to drive growth spurt

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... and operational experience of the new team members will help drive key improvements that will benefit MetLife's superannuation fund clients and their members. "Our Australian team continues to expand, in line with our growth in this market. We're delighted ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... The different knowledge sections under RG146 include: margin lending, foreign exchange, derivatives, securities, superannuation, financial planning, generic knowledge, managed investments and life insurance. Australasian financial services body, Finsia ...

AustralianSuper hires Tria Investment founder

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... have attracted someone of Baker's calibre. "His recruitment will help to ensure that AustralianSuper leads the superannuation industry in understanding member needs and creating a value proposition that's attractive, innovative and sustainable over the ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... reading a Bankers Trust Australia leaflet at a university careers event. It explained how the company invested superannuation money in overseas shares. "It was at that point, that I knew what I wanted to do for a living," Moore remembers. From there ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen is prepared to table changes to superannuation tax concessions in parliament prior to an election. Bowen made the call in his recent budget reply speech at the National Press Club where he reiterated the current ...

Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... Levied funding for ASIC will decrease slightly, from $28.5 million in FY2015 to $28.2 million. Funding from the superannuation industry to support the ATO - which administers the Superannuation Lost Member Register and Unclaimed Superannuation Money ...

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Australia's total superannuation assets grew by 3.6% in the first quarter of 2015, now standing at more than $2 trillion, official data shows. The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures also show that total assets in MySuper ...

Plan sponsors have fiduciary obligations: SCOTUS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
In a case that is expected to send shock waves through the US workplace superannuation market, the US Supreme Court has agreed that 401(k) sponsors have a fiduciary obligation to not just monitor their funds but remove underperforming or excessively ...

APRA releases super performance profiles

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said it will continue to ensure confidential information of superannuation institutions cannot be derived from the regulator's published statistics. The pledge came in a recent APRA letter to Registrable ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption to remove laws that deny employees a choice of superannuation fund. FSC chief executive, Sally Loane, said super must be decoupled from the industrial relations system to avoid conflicts ...