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Mercer to launch longevity insurance solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Financial Standard understands that it will be something akin to a 'group self-annuitisation' product that allows superannuation funds to pool longevity risk without needing to meet the capital requirements of a life insurance company. Earlier this year ...

Voting opens on the SelectingSuper popular awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
Voting has opened for the SelectingSuper 2014 self managed super fund (SMSF) administrator of the year popular choice and for the consumer choice award division of the SelectingSuper fund awards. Results in the SMSF popular vote will contribute to determining ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the risk by controlling the amount of money they manage so it won't automatically go to a big number." Like many superannuation funds, AustralianSuper has significantly raised its exposure to international equities over recent years. According to Rainmaker ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
SelectingSuper has announced the finalists for this year's fund, product and self managed superannuation administrator of the year awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The awards are supported by MetLife and span 15 divisions including Fund ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The infighting between bodies representing the retail and industry sides of superannuation is detrimental to members' interests, according to Taxpayers Australia. The not-for-profit advocacy group said the battle "would be amusing if the consequences ...

Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... been licensed through TFS since 1999 and it specialises in investment advice, insurance, securities, self-managed superannuation funds, business succession and retirement planning. The firm works under a fee-for-service model and has approximately $250 ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... own failure). "The disengagement amongst the Australian workforce is in part the reason why we have compulsory superannuation. It is a reflection of logical human behaviour - people tend to discount the future, focusing instead on more immediate financial ...

RG146 "insufficient" on tax education: IPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... advisers undertake a course on taxation law that includes contents on transition to retirement, taxation treatment of superannuation funds, tax treatment of employee termination payments, tax treatment of derivative products, employee share schemes ...

HUB24 posts record inflows in the September quarter

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The HUB24 superannuation platform posted net inflows of $171 million in the September quarter, shortly after completing its Paragem acquisition. HUB24 funds under administration increased 29.7% to just over $1 billion at September 30, 2014, from $853.8 ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The government is moving to repeal a law requiring employers to disclose on employee payslips the amount of superannuation contributed and the date at which the contribution will be made. This move, however, will not remove super contributions from ...