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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... "superannuation/annuity/allocated pension". US consumer confidence A rebound on Wall Street and a more dovish Fed pushed the Conference Board's consumer confidence index up to 96.2 in March, stronger than consensus expectations for a 94.0 reading and ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... funds. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global head of retirement solutions and portfolio manager Anne Lester said at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds recently that the firm was completing research that looked at the major risk preferences for ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... mainstream. This was the constant message delivered by First Nations Foundation chief executive Amanda Young at the recent Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide. Young told the conference it is estimated that 43.1% of indigenous ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... signing the Investor Statement on Climate Change and writing to the G7 finance ministers in the lead up to the Paris conference on climate change. "Following the Paris climate conference, we provided our board with an update on likely climate change ...

FEAL appoints new independent chair

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... for six years, the maximum tenure allowed under the FEAL constitution. Cochrane will step down at the FEAL National Conference, held on 3-4 August in Sydney. Perry, who resigned from her position as chief executive of Qantas Super in December 2015, has ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Chalmers said the opposition is committed to giving people time to evaluate each party's direction. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) on Friday, Chalmers' comments were made prior to today's announcement by Malcolm Turnbull ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... start of 2016. The RBA doesn't want that. RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle said so, telling the FX Australia week conference in Sydney that, "Most central banks want lower currencies, for pushing up inflation or creating a bit more activity. I don't ...

Emslie departs AIST board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... president from April following the resignation of Angela Emslie yesterday. Emslie has served on the board of AIST and the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, for a joint total of 19 years. She is currently the chair at HESTA and a board member ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... time a policy is put before the country's key decision makers. Delivering the inaugural Mavis Robertson address at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide yesterday, McAllister also called for women's budget statements to be reintroduced ...

Not enough super users: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... its reach, and Australian's could improve their voluntary contributions. Mercer senior partner David Knox told the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds yesterday that Australia's super coverage (68.5% of the workforce) is considerably less than other ...