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BGL partners with Auditflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration software provider BGL has integrated its Simple Fund 360 with Auditflow's auditing software. The integration of the two platforms will allow users to load data from the cloud-based Simple Fund 360 ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds should prepare for an increased scrutiny of their investments from members, regulators and activists, according to New Zealand Superannuation Fund manager for responsible investment Anne-Maree O'Connor. Speaking at the Australian ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... combined with investor empowerment and lack of education could be the perfect storm for a large scale self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) collapse, according to Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen). Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, Aberdeen ...

AMP adds listed infra to SMSF Suite

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... joining the Corporate Bond Fund and the Wholesale Australian Property Fund. The addition will give self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) access to listed infrastructure assets, the vast majority of which are in North America and the United Kingdom. ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation professionals in Alice Springs. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The way superannuation funds measure performance should be thrown out and replaced with a system which discourages short-termism and helps consumers think about their retirement pot as an income pool, rather than a pot of gold. That is the view put ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... ethics classes as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the professional standards of the industry, the not-for-profit superannuation industry has argued. In a joint submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services ...

Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has called for superannuation default funds to remain within the modern awards system. In its second-round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) the employer group, which represents more than 6000 businesses ...

LGS Super launches DIY option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... $10,000 in their accounts, LGS chief executive Peter Lambert said. "The rise of SMSFs has been a feature of the superannuation landscape for some years now, stemming from people's natural desire to have control of their own financial futures," he said. ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds with MySuper products should be allowed to extend their default offering into retirement, and should include annuities in that offering, Challenger has told the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its second submission to the FSI ...