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Superannuation

SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Small and medium sized businesses will be able to use the Commonwealth Bank MySuper product online administration to pay employee superannuation contributions.

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Former Labor minister for climate change Greg Combet will take up a position on the board of industry fund-owned investment manager IFM Investors.

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
HESTA was named 2013 Super Fund of the Year at the SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning, Super IQ was named SMSF Provider of the Year and UniSuper was named the Consumer Choice winner.

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Confusion about the funding model of The New Daily has shown no sign of abating, after Nationals Senator John Williams requested the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) scrutinise The New Daily on the grounds that it is a bad investment.

QIC wins AustralianSuper US property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper has appointed direct property fund manager QIC to manage its US retail property investments.

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has categorically denied that The New Daily will be a politically partisan publication, saying if it took a political line it would "wither on the vine in five minutes."

Most super funds shun in-house investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Most superannuation funds do not intend to insource their investment management over the next three years, despite the fact that some have made moves in this direction.

Cbus shifts custody from NAB to JP Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Industry super fund Cbus has confirmed that J. P. Morgan will be the fund's new custodian, after 20 years with National Australia Bank (NAB) Asset Servicing.

HOSTPLUS direct investing option sees $9 million take-up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
More than $9 million has flowed into HOSTPLUS's new direct investment platform in just five weeks, but the super fund's chief executive David Elia says he won't be using the service himself.

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The superannuation sector could benefit from having its own exclusive regulator, according to Challenger's director of retirement Income Jeremy Cooper.