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Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... members is the greatest challenge that the sector is facing at the moment, an AIA Australia survey has found. Most superannuation fund and insurance companies' execs and employees who took part in the survey that was conducted at the recent AIA Australia ...

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Regulation of superannuation should be designed for the whole of life, incorporating accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
First State Super has radically reduced the investment fees across its domestic and global equities and fixed interest investment options, in some cases by more than 80%. The previous investment fee, for example, of the fund's Australian Equities option ...

PIMCO moves to calm investors in wake of 'bond king' exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... data, more than 70 Australian institutional clients invest with PIMCO, including some of the country's largest superannuation schemes and fund managers. None of the investors Financial Standard contacted were willing to comment on what the news would ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... finally looks set to provide capital gains taxation relief for merging super funds after years of pressure from the superannuation industry. This week Treasury has released a consultation paper recommending concrete amendments to the current rules. Treasury ...

OneVue re-signs IMAP sponsorship

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
Wholesale superannuation services provider OneVue has renewed its sponsorship of the Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP). OneVue head of platform strategy, sales and service David Storm said that the range and complexity of products in the ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... in July, the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI's) interim report specifically raised concerns that the country's superannuation system was ill-equipped to provide members with the income streams they need in retirement. "The current retirement income system ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... last thing we need is more legislative requirements." Brogden said that the FSC has not consulted with industry superannuation organisations, that the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has been "no-responsive so far" and that "there has been no ...

HESTA appoints general manager of member advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA has appointed a general manager of member advice to coordinate its team of superannuation financial planners that provide one-on-one personal advice to members. Tracee Mulvihill started in the role on July and is general manager along with Megan ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has called on governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing ...