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Superannuation

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Regulation of superannuation should be designed for the whole of life, incorporating accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
First State Super has radically reduced the investment fees across its domestic and global equities and fixed interest investment options, in some cases by more than 80%.

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has called on governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments.

Govt to amend fund merger tax laws

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Abbott government has announced that it will go ahead with amendments to the tax rules around fund mergers to ensure members caught up in such mergers are not inadvertently hit with tax penalties.

Link Group to buy Superpartners

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Link Group is set to buy member administrator Superpartners from its industry super fund owners, AustralianSuper, HESTA, Cbus, HOSTPLUS and MTAA Super.

AustralianSuper to charge for over-the-phone advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
AustralianSuper has told members it will soon start charging for over-the-phone advice relating to transition to retirement strategies.

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Cbus and the New Zealand Super Fund have joined a number of international investors backing Mercer's new study of the investment risks and returns under climate change scenarios.

Cutting edge data tool finds super members most likely to defect

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The latest generation of data analytics software can tell super fund bosses who is most likely to leave their fund, and what to do to make them stay.

ASFA releases 'first of its kind' best practice paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed an investment management best practice paper, for use only by its members.

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS will launch a lifecycle investment option next year, becoming one of the few industry funds to do so.