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Industry fund chief executive retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... roles including nurses and teachers, police and emergency service workers who dedicate their careers to helping others. I feel honoured to have played a part in helping them to achieve a better financial outcome in retirement." The fund said Dwyer would ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Newly-minted ASIC chair James Shipton said there will be more consumer compensation to come over fees for no service financial advice. Three months into his role, Shipton addressed the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference ...

Industry fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
An investment manager fast approaching US$10 billion in assets under management and advice recently won an emerging markets equities mandate from an industry superannuation fund. ClariVest Asset Management will manage the $75 million mandate from the ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... result of the Budget. This according to Ipsos is "the highest rating of personal benefit from a Budget since 2006." Those who feel they'll be worse off dropped from 50% to 25%. The expected increase in consumer spending as a consequence of this should ...

More mums in the workforce: ABS

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
As Mother's Day fast approaches, latest Census data shows more than 53% of Australia's six million mums are active in the workforce - an increase of about seven percentage points over the 10 years to 2016. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also points ...

Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Federal Government will mandate that superannuation funds no longer have opt-out life insurance arrangements for members under 25 and those with low balances. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... stocks. "A couple of our biggest positions at the moment would be Brambles and Woolworths, which have been increasing. We feel as though the risks have been reducing but the valuation has remained compelling so we're happy to own more of them," Kelly ...

Women less prepared for retirement: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Latest BT Financial Group research highlights less than one-fifth of women feel satisfied they are on track in preparing for their financial future. Additionally the BTFG research highlights 51% of women believe they won't have enough superannuation ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... respectively. Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said super fund members were more likely to act on how they feel their fund performs, rather than superannuation performance tables. "Although superannuation performance tables are ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Switzer Group founder Peter Switzer argued that the Royal Commission is a "super-killing blood-sport" that will ultimately hurt super member balances. Writing in a Switzer Daily column, Switzer said he had mixed feelings about the Commission, arguing ...