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Superannuation

Gary Clifford awarded Trustee of the Year at CMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Gary Clifford, a board member of the Western Australia Fire and Emergency Services Super was awarded Trustee of the Year at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) that kicked off yesterday in Brisbane.

SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Draft legislation rules for self managed super funds on related party transactions has alarmed industry association SPAA, which claims the provisions are unnecessarily complex and will add compliance costs.

Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Super funds build their systems around investment choices yet even in response to the GFC, only a small proportion of fund members changed their investments.

Super members fail to top-up amid 'perfect storm'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
As many as two thirds of Australians are failing to make extra superannuation contributions to meet the expected shortfall in retirement funding, a new report commissioned by Club Plus Super shows.

PASF receives MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Professional Associations Super Fund (PASF) has received a MySuper authorization from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and will be offering it from July 1 2013.

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Fund managers of all shapes and sizes and from all over the world are vying for institutional mandates in what many see as a perfect window of opportunity in the emerging markets space.

APRA approves LUCRF MySuper

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
LUCRF Super has been authorised by APRA to offer a MySuper product.

AvSuper gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) awarded superannuation fund AvSuper with a MySuper licence, the super fund announced yesterday.

Women in Super raises $14.8m for cancer research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Advocacy group Women in Super raised $14.8 million to breast cancer research through its annual event "Women in Super Mother's Day Classic", the organisation announced yesterday.

Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Of the $10 billion worth of mandates handed out to Australian equity managers in the past 12 months, a staggering $5.97 billion has been given to just three investment houses, data from Rainmaker Information can reveal.