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MySuper milestones monitor industry movement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... Complementing this was the final transition of all workplace default members to a MySuper account. Excluding self-managed super funds, MySuper now accounts for more than 40% of super assets or $595 billion. Rainmaker analysis shows there are 111 individual ...

Managed Accounts Forum draws record crowd

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... research covering 46 types of managed accounts, three-quarters of model portfolio investment managers are from boutique funds. The event kicks off with an introductory workshop called 'Demystifying the industry jargon' presented by one of the foremost ...

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Group insurers not doing enough to prevent the growing problem of employees owning multiple superannuation funds and life insurance premiums is equivalent to theft, according to today's life insurance parliamentary inquiry. Senate Parliamentary Joint ...

Adviser, SMSF demand driving LIC growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Financial advisers and self-managed super funds are helping drive the strong demand for listed investment vehicles offering wider asset classes and a more diversified portfolio, according to a MinterEllison report. The Australian listed investment companies ...

Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... heavily to the needs of a fund's existing member base. Rather than thinking about the needs of future or prospective members, funds have focused entirely - if indeed they have focused at all - on protecting current strategies. "A lot of funds have gone ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... that mirrors his experiences with alternative investments in the 1980s. "I'm showing my age here, but back then you had funds saying that alternatives are risky assets and they weren't sure if they could justify it. A decade later, those same people ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Warren Buffett may have called derivatives "financial weapons of mass destruction" but an increasing number of super funds are using them as a cost-saving measure. Milliman head of fund advisory services Michael Armitage told delegates at the Australian ...

No room for complacency: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Rowell said now that higher account balances are skewing towards retirees, super funds need to rethink their benefit design and investment strategies. Funds are also challenged by increasing amounts ...

ASFA puts gig economy on the agenda

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... superannuation system, a leading industry body believes. In a discussion paper released today, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia estimated there are about 100,000 workers in Australia who use web-based platforms to obtain work on a ...

Mercer names new chief investment officer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Kylie Willment will join Mercer from 25 October, overseeing the investment performance of Mercer's suite of diversified funds and asset class building blocks. She will work closely with Mercer's global wealth team, which currently overseas more than ...