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Govt to amend fund merger tax laws

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... regulators are actively encouraging them. In a statement, Treasury said the decision follows consultations with the superannuation industry. According to the legislation Exposure Draft: "The amendments will ensure that individuals whose superannuation ...

Link Group to buy Superpartners

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... Super. The five funds today announced they would enter a heads of agreement with Link Group "for the provision of a superannuation administration platform and the ancillary sale of Superpartners subject to due diligence." The announcement continued ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Cbus and the New Zealand Super Fund have joined a number of international investors backing Mercer's new study of the investment risks and returns under climate change scenarios. Mercer said the study would be "framed by several plausible climate scenarios ...

AustralianSuper to charge for over-the-phone advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
AustralianSuper has told members it will soon start charging for over-the-phone advice relating to transition to retirement strategies. In a letter to members, the $75 billion fund said that from 1 November this year, "a fee of $295 may be charged ...

Cutting edge data tool finds super members most likely to defect

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... analysis and statistical models, he and his team believe they have developed a way to revolutionise the way the superannuation industry harnesses member data. By collecting everything the super fund knows about its members the software can identify members ...

ASFA releases 'first of its kind' best practice paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed an investment management best practice paper, for use only by its members. According to ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos, the paper is the first of its kind not to have been ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... funds on the ASX, fund managers hope to tap the as-yet inaccessible well of funds from un-advised self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). But according to Aberdeen Asset Management Australia's managing director Brett Jollie, this will challenge the ...

CommInsure offers alternative to group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Customers of Comminsure Total Care Plan Super insurance can now pay their premiums through their superannuation fund, giving superannuants an alternative to the group cover offered by their super fund. The change also means that policy holders would ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... projects, at the same time having access to daily liquidity." HOSTPLUS is still in the process of becoming a pooled superannuation trust (a plan it announced a year ago), after which non-members like self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will be ...

Expand PLS to all age pensioners: TAI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Pensions Loan Scheme (PLS) for full age pensioners should be extended to all age pensioners who need an easy way to increase their retirement income, said a leading think tank. The Australia Institute (TAI), a progressive think tank based in Canberra ...