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CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The 25th edition of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' (AIST) Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) has finished on the Gold Coast with a focus on the policy issues affecting the industry. The conference has seen over 1,100 delegates ...

Aon appoints director to super board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Aon Hewitt has appointed a former KPMG partner to be an independent director to the board of its superannuation business. Trevor Allen became chair of the audit sub-committee as well as a director to the Aon Superannuation trustee board on 1 January. ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... discussed lending standards for housing, FSI recommendations, private health insurance and conflicts of interest in superannuation. On the final point, Byres noted that while there have been improvements in superannuation trustees' practice standards ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Costello, the inaugural chief executive of Australia's Future Fund and the first chief executive of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, was appointed independent chairman of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. QIC is working to gain ...

Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... little idea what to do when it comes to choosing a post-retirement product and that uncertainty could be costing the superannuation industry as much as $480 billion. That's the conclusion of a recently published CoreData report, which examined member ...

AMP appoints BT head of corporate super

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
AMP has appointed a director of corporate superannuation from BT Financial Group to replace Libby Roy, who departed last May. Vicki Doyle was most recently BT Financial Group head of retail and corporate superannuation. At AMP, she will report to AMP ...

CalPERS meetings open to members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... transparency standards at CalPERS stand in stark contrast to the low standards of entity level disclosure that apply to superannuation funds in Australia. For example, some super funds in Australia are still resisting portfolio disclosure and some are ...

Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The superannuation sector was one of the top performers in the latest rebalance of the Boardroom Diversity Index. Along with Sport, ASX100 companies and Cooperative Research Centres, Super was one of only four sectors to show gains of more than 5% in ...

New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched a new course designed to raise the level of knowledge of advisers and product issuers when it comes to post-retirement. The course will help financial advisers and funds respond ...

Former EISS sales head joins AMP licensee

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... practice strategist and four paraplanners. FHFS specialises in retirement, financial, estate and investment planning, superannuation, wealth management, salary packaging and company insurance.