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FEAL and T. Rowe Price launch national resilience program

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... relationship management in Australia and New Zealand Murray Brewer said: "Investors place enormous trust in their superannuation funds and expect those who are responsible for them to perform resiliently over the long term, so it is vital we embrace ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor Raymond Markey, Dr Louise Thornwaite and associate professor Sue Wright from Macquarie University ...

ASIC lowers wholesale investor threshold to $2.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... it "will not take action where such financial services are provided on a wholesale basis to trustees of existing superannuation funds with less than $10 million in net assets." The regulator added that "this will not affect any private rights of action ...

Leeanne Turner wins FEAL fund executive of the year

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) chief executive Leeanne Turner has won the 2014 fund executive of the year by the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) and AMP Capital. Turner has more than 25 years' experience ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Superannuation is likely to be in the firing line as the Federal government looks for tax savings in a bid to repair the fiscal state of the economy, according to BT chief economist Dr Chris Caton. "The generosity of the super taxation structure will ...

MySuper spurred innovation and chased down fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... MySuper worked? Absolutely," Dunnin said at a concurrent session designed to analyse the impact of the policy. The superannuation expert claimed the policy had been a shot in the arm of the industry, driving down costs, threatening established distribution ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... public policy reason why the Fair Work Commission should add an unnecessary and duplicative layer of red tape to superannuation or limit the open and competitive functioning of the market for superannuation product. "Superannuation funds already require ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... to the FSC Annual Conference, Brogden said the FSC would embrace the opportunity and lead the debate on taking superannuation from a world class accumulation scheme to the world's best retirement system. He said superannuation and retirement income policy ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
There is no evidence to suggest Australians abuse their right to withdraw superannuation as a lump sum, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said. Addressing delegates at the Financial Services Council conference, the former treasurer said forcing consumers ...

Portfolio disclosure a 'data dump' on consumers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The proposed portfolio holdings disclosure rules amount to a "data dump" that is useless to consumers, according to Michael Gordon, group executive at Perpetual Investments. Arguing in the affirmative for the ACSA debate, 'Disclosure requirements... ...