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CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has expressed concern that the ban on conflicted remuneration will affect corporate superannuation advisers and has asked the Senate inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) to find a way to solve the issue. The bank ...

Prime Super will not appoint HIP directors to board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014

SuperStream savings 'nowhere near' estimates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... estimates that came out of the Cooper Review." A panel discussion on SuperStream hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) revealed a plethora of other problems associated with SuperStream. The technological demands, for example ...

Equip to launch pension version of MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Superannuation fund Equip will launch a retirement phase version of MySuper, called 'Equip MyPension', on 1 July this year, chief executive Danielle Press has revealed. The product is designed to be a default pension fund for members in the MySuper ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Former Prime Minister and superannuation system architect Paul Keating says the government needs to create 'superannuation mark two' to enable superannuation to provide enough money for retirees who are increasingly likely to become centenarians. Speaking ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds are synonymous withA growth. As their number surpasses the half a million mark, Laura Millan looks at the opportunities for individual investors and how SMSFs could contribute to the Australian economy. Of all the appealing ...

Perpetual equity strategy awarded $200 million mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund awarded a $200 million mandate to Perpetual Investments' concentrated equity strategy. The strategy is managed by Paul Skamvougeras and it typically holds a small number of stocks with high ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... while AUM increased by 4.6% over the quarter to $10.5 billion, up from $10.0 billion at the end of Q4 13. Corporate superannuation net cashflows were $5 million in Q1 14 compared to $92 million for Q1 13 mainly due to a mandate loss and increased outflows ...

Stakeholders stage FoFA confrontation in Senate submissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... expressed its strong opposition to "any possible re-introduction of commissions for financial product advice on superannuation and investment products." The inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill 2014 will present its final ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... and Industry Super Australia (ISA) looks likely over the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) involvement in workplace superannuation. The FSC yesterday lodged an application with the Federal Court of Australia challenging the validity of the Fair Work Commission's ...