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Superannuation

Australian custody market grows to $2.8 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
The Australian custodial market is nearing $2.8 trillion and grew by more than 7% in the first half of 2015 according to the latest industry data.

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
"I don't see raising the target range for the fed-funds rate above its current low level in 2015 or 2016 as being consistent with the pursuit of the kind of labor market outcomes that we are charged with delivering."

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has launched RetireSmart, a new account-based pension product.

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tax accounting firm H&R Block has weighed in on the national tax debate, suggesting there is a danger the conversation is being held in a bubble between "pontificating politicians, policy nerds, lobby groups, academics and media types."

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Both the RBA and the BOJ have sanguine and positive views on their domestic economies.

Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
The recent plunge in local and global stock markets saw super fund returns dip but performance is still solid over the longer term.

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Debate around definitions for total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance claims through superannuation funds has again come under the spotlight.

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The success of technology start-ups and Australia's maturing venture capital sector are driving superannuation funds to reconsider VC as an asset class.

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Several superannuation representative groups are addressing federal parliament with the belief there are too many holes for women in Australia's current retirement savings system.

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Data released last week - the ones that directly related to the Fed's twin mandate of stable inflation and full employment -- vindicated Janet's prudence.