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Scale advantage in SMSF performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... increases in size," said Peter Burgess, SuperConcepts' general manager of technical services and education. In turn, smaller funds are hit with a 'double whammy', according to University of Adelaide professor, Ralf-Yves Zurbrugg. "These funds not only ...

Super fund names new portfolio manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... manager to the internal equities team. Joining Cbus is Morten Frederiksen. He has more than 15 years' global equities and funds management experience across Europe, Asia and Australia. Morten has worked for various investment management firms including ...

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy believes the definition of retirement needs to move away from recreation and pursue a higher purpose. The newly-minted leader told a media event in Sydney yesterday that the ...

TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... capacity, making knowledge around their super and investments critical. Reflecting this, TelstraSuper was one of the first super funds to offer financial planning services to their members. "But we have strong representation across the different age ...

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... members traditionally concentrated in Australia's eastern states. According to Equip chair Andrew Fairley, the merger of the funds would be beneficial to both members and employers. "The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund is one of Australia's largest ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... growth-orientated assets to which Australia also had a slightly higher weighting. The assets in global institutional pension funds across 22 major markets totaled $36.4 trillion in 2016 - a growth of 4.3% in 12 months. Total pension assets in these markets ...

ATO calls time on SMSF safe harbour rules

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... warning financial advisers that the safe harbour rules for limited recourse borrowing arrangements in self-managed super funds will be changing this week. Under the new rules, LRBAs must be consistent with either the safe harbour guidelines introduced ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... half available under shared ownership. In response to the 2016 Affordable Housing Working Group, industry superannuation funds put forward several financing models directed at addressing Australia's supply of affordable housing. Both industry super funds ...

CFM trust rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... well-resourced and pedigreed quantitative hedge fund capability," Robertson added. The fund, which currently holds $47 million in funds under management, has also been rated as 'Recommended' by Lonsec, and is considered 'Superior' by SQM. The CFM ISDiversified ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Capitalising on the success of its currency-based exchange traded product series, BetaShares launched two exchange traded hedge funds today. The ETP manager has made available the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong ...