Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Superannuation

BlackRock wins four NZ Super mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Investment giant BlackRock has won four new mandates from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

Workers should track down super when changing jobs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Workers who have changed jobs during the last financial year should keep track of their superannuation savings or they could end up with two funds.

SMSF 'Boost Camp' 2013 gets underway July 23

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Sydney will host the first day of the 2013 SPAA State Technical 'Boost Camp' Series on Tuesday 23 July, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour

ACFS flummoxed by SMSF cash trend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The authors of a new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies are bemused as to why self-managed superannuation fund investors heavily favour cash over fixed-interest products.

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The coalition has signalled that if it wins the 2013 federal election it will institute major reforms regarding how super funds appoint trustees while expecting funds to speed up how they pass on scale fee benefits.

Super syphons savings from banks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
As the guaranteed superannuation contribution level rises from 9% to 12%, people will have less and less money to put away as savings with their bank, according to a new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies.

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Local Government Super NSW (LGS) has become the first fund in Australia to sign on as a supporter of the 'Investor Statement on Bangladesh,' while also being latest fund to be authorised to offer a MySuper product.

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
As part of a policy paper released this week the Coalition has proposed a change to the way small businesses make superannuation contributions on behalf of their employees, in a bid to ease "the red tape burden."

Investors warned off making extra super contributions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Anyone under 50 should invest the absolute minimum amount into their superannuation fund, according to well-known stock-picker Roger Montgomery.

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors wanting to delegate management, but also wanting to keep tabs on their investments, are being urged to consider separately managed accounts (SMAs) and managed discretionary accounts (MDAs).