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CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... Chief executive pay is at its lowest level in a decade, according to a new report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. At an average $4.84 million, the chief executives of ASX 100 companies make 63 times as much money as the average ...

Sunsuper expands investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Industry superannuation fund Sunsuper has expanded its investment team with two appointments in asset allocation strategy and listed equities. Former NAB FX strategist Alastair Sloan will take on the role of dynamic asset allocation manager and will ...

FUM breaks thru $2tr

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... potential FUM and $5 billion in recurring annual fee revenue. Funds management growth is, however, being outpointed by superannuation growth which jumped 15% during 2013-14. Rainmaker said the disconnect is because not all the growth in superannuation ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
One in five younger Australians knows nothing about his or her life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Mathias Cormann. Two key policy areas - regarding the role of the Fair Work Commission in the choice of default superannuation funds and the constitution of industry fund boards - have been in limbo ever since Sinodinos stood aside. His return would ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... important in the mission to increase the number of individuals, particularly women, who seek advice to gain appropriate superannuation savings, insurance and overall financial well-being," Fox said. The winners of the three awards will be announced on ...

Catholic Super awards $90 million to US microcap fund

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) has awarded a United States microcap equities fund with $90 million. The institutional award is the first investment to the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant (THB) US Micro Cap Fund. THB is a US-based fund manager with over ...

Tyndall to adopt parent name

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... 2014. According to a June 2013 survey conducted by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, some 31% of superannuation fund assets were allocated to global investments, with 25% in equity and 6% in fixed income. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, a survey ...

HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HESTA has begun restricting its investments in thermal coal, becoming the latest fund to move towards fossil fuel divestment. Under the new policy, HESTA will not make new investments in unlisted companies that derive more than 15% ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... and Victoria's Port of Melbourne. A recent infrastructure conference in Sydney organised by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) attracted enthusiastic investors from around the globe, and gave testament to the proposition that ...