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Former NSW politician joins Media Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Former New South Wales deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt has joined Media Super as an independent director. Tebbutt retired from NSW parliament earlier this year and said she was looking forward to bringing her skills, knowledge and experience to the Media ...

UniSuper develops retirement product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
UniSuper is developing FlexiChoice, a lifetime retirement income solution that addresses issues such as longevity or sequencing risk. The comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) is designed to provide members with access to a default lifetime ...

Retail funds risk member exodus

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
More than 20% of retail superannuation fund members are thinking about leaving within the next five years, CoreData research found. Members likely or very likely to move to another fund regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Lazard global equity fund receives first rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
A Lazard Asset Management global equity fund has received a "recommended" rating from independent research house Zenith Investment Partners after its inaugural review. The Lazard Global Equity Franchise Fund, since its inception in October 2013, has ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
Super portfolio disclosure is one of a number of measures tabled by the Federal Government to help Australians make more informed decisions about their superannuation. The Federal Government is also proposing using consolidated MySuper data to compare ...

Robeco fund added to HUB24 platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
The Robeco Global Premium Equity Fund is now available on the HUB24 platform. The Australian unit trust was launch in 2014 and the fund itself has been running for eight years. It has a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. "We're delighted the fund is ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
Is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) just toying with monetary policy or what? This is the feeling one gets when one looks at the history of the RBNZ's adjustments to its official cash rate target over the past few years. Yesterday's decision by ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
The federal government's innovation statement was well received among the financial services industry but there are still gaps to be filled in transforming Australia's fiscal growth according to a chief economist. Providing his global economic and market ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
First State Super will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for ...

IOOF $20bn custody review selects BNP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
IOOF has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services after consolidating its custodians from three to one. BNP will now provide custody, master custody, middle-office and compliance services for IOOF; previously, these responsibilities were also distributed ...