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Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index recovered slightly during February to return 12.8% up from 12.5% at end January albeit this is still sharply down from December's 16.1%. Underpinning the results are that the rolling ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has questioned the role of superannuation funds boosting funding for infrastructure investment, saying that it is not appropriate to mandate funds to invest in assets to meet "broader national objectives." In its ...

NGS Super rebrands, launches new logo

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Industry fund NGS Super has rebranded, launching a new logo, website, refreshed advertising and a smartphone application. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell- Ball said the rebranding was aimed at representing all of its member base, which encompasses ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC) - lobbied the regulator to exempt retail funds from revealing fees in the online superannuation calculators. "Starting in 2004 IFSA aggressively lobbied ASIC to issue a class order that would amend the Corporations Act ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... trustees have a role to play in ensuring their members don't get bad deals. "Obviously it's a really bad outcome for superannuation fund members when they buy cover for a dollar and then within a short period of time they find out the cost has increased ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Australian Ethical buys ethical investment publication

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Ethical fund manager and superannuation fund Australian Ethical has bought online magazine Ethical Investor from previous owner Lifecraft Pty Ltd. The magazine, founded in 2001 as a print publication, will retain its current editor Ross Kendall. Australian ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Two of the major superannuation industry bodies have used their submissions to the Financial System Inquiry to call for tighter regulation of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector. Both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian ...

Thinktank launches LRBA loan service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Property loan specialist Thinktank has launched a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) loan for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The Thinktank SMSF Commercial Loan offers loan-to-value ratios of up to 75% and 25 year repayment terms. The maximum ...

ATO takes over SME super clearing house

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Taxation Office (ATO) has taken over responsibility from the Department of Human Services for the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House. This move is part of the government's commitment to streamline processes and it believes the ATO is best placed ...