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NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
New Zealand Super has joined forces with Infratil to buy major Australian aged care facility operator RetireAustralia. The sovereign wealth fund and the asset manager will take 50% each after entering into a sale and purchase agreement worth $640.2 ...

New CFO for QSuper

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... held senior roles at AMP Limited, Deloitte Australia and Clayton Utz and has more than 15 years' experience in superannuation and investment industries. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy Major) and a Bachelor of Laws, as well as a Master of ...

We'll underwrite when it suits us: Delaney

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... the acquisition of Queensland Motorways, setting a new precedent for the kinds of financial activities in which superannuation funds may be involved. While Delaney told Financial Standard he was open to underwriting other transactions in the future ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... training and development opportunities in SMSF advice. "With more Australians looking to SMSFs to engage in their superannuation and retirement plans, it is imperative advisers are there to meet the growing needs of clients around complex SMSF advice." ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... 2009 and, since then, consumers have become increasingly aware of the fact that they have insurance through their superannuation fund. New products (such as direct insurance) and aggressive marketing campaigns on television and the internet have only ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... fund had urged the commissioner to look at the full picture in an even-handed way. TWUSUPER was one of the few superannuation funds to come under scrutiny in the royal commission, mainly over the validity of its enterprise bargaining agreements and the ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The upcoming tax white paper must redesign the taxation of superannuation so that it no longer disproportionately favours wealthy people, according to the Financial System Inquiry final report. The white paper, which is due to be drawn up next year ...

Vertical integration not important anymore: Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... integration to "the war which hasn't formally commenced yet, but that is still under way between sectors of the superannuation industry." The FSI recommendation that superannuation fund boards should comprise a majority of independent directors has already ...

NZ Super Fund takes big stake in LanzaTech

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) has taken a 17% stake in gas-to-liquid company LanzaTech. The stake, purchased for invested $US60 million ($A64.92 million) values the company at about $US400 million and makes the super fund the second-biggest ...

FSI report favours longevity pooling

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The Financial System Inquiry final report has recommended superannuation funds make more use of longevity pooling in their retirement products. The report recommended that super funds offer a quasi-default 'comprehensive income product for retirement' ...