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02 April 2015 • By • 1 min read

Super funds to gain from Trowbridge ‘disruption’

Proposed changes to the way financial planners who sell retail life insurance are remunerated could allow super funds to draw more members into group ...

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Super industry ‘scorecard’ proposed

ASFA has floated the idea of a measure of the superannuation industry's efficiency in its response to the final report of the Financial System Inquiry ...

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Tax paper questions super concessions

The government's tax discussion paper has underlined the disproportionate benefits enjoyed by higher-income earners when it comes to superannuation ...

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Super funds flying blind on FX hedging

The way superannuation funds approach currency hedging is somewhat arbitrary and could well be adding tail risk to their portfolios, according to risk ...

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ESG central to alternatives investments

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are an increasingly significant factor for institutional investors considering alternative ...

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Super funds eyeing retail property

Super funds are continuing to ramp up their exposure to global property, with a particular focus on the retail sector, says TIAA Henderson Real Estate

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Diversification can extend super: SSgA

Portfolio diversification and higher allocation to growth assets can help retirees make their superannuation balances last longer, new research has ...

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Regulators powerless on 'bank bundling': ISA

The prudential and corporate regulators lack the power to penalise banks that 'bundle' superannuation with other services, argues Industry Super ...

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Stop 'tinkering' with super: Actuaries Institute

The Actuaries Institute has called on the major political parties to put an end to their "short-term tinkering" with the superannuation system

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'Big four' super funds on the horizon

Almost half of superannuation trustees believe their sector will become as consolidated as the banking industry within the next decade, a new report ...

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