FS Super - Volume 6 Number 2

Volume 6 Issue 2

Cover Story

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce talks to FS Super associate editor James Fernyhough about Westfield, company engagement, and the role of ... Read more

A career in retrospect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

In September, HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy announced that she would be standing down after 16 years at the helm of one of Australia's ... Read more

MTAA Super's governance shake-up: a model for the future?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

The Financial System Inquiry report will be released this Sunday, and it is widely expected to have something to say about superannuation fund ... Read more

Insurance

Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH , LAURA MILLAN | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are ... Read more

Administration & Management

Top 10 trends in the Australian superannuation industry

DARREN STEVENS | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

While the Australian superannuation industry has been preoccupied in recent years with responding to a raft of regulatory change, the world has not ... Read more

Ethics & Governance

ESG - busting the myths

MANS CARLSSON-SWEENY | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

AMP Capital senior research analyst Mans Carlsson-Sweeny draws some key distinctions between environment, social and governance (ESG) investing, and ... Read more

Are independent trustee directors needed?

ANDREW BOAL | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Towers Watson's Andrew Boal gives his views on the topical question of whether super funds should be forced to have a quota of independent ... Read more

Remunerating executives for shareholder value

AMANDA WILSON , SUSHEELA PERES DA COSTA | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Regnan's Amanda Wilson and Susheela Peres da Costa look at the controversial issue of executive remuneration. ... Read more

Corporate reporting in Australia

GORDON HAGART | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

ACSI's latest paper on sustainability reporting in Australia reveals a steady improvement, but finds some companies are still falling short. It is ... Read more

Unravelled: the best interest duties - process or outcome?

MICHELLE LEVY | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Superannuation fund trustees and their lawyers (including this one) have been grappling for years with what the covenant in section 52(2)(c) of the ... Read more

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from ... Read more

Investment

Investor responses to climate change

HELGA BIRGDEN | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Mercer's Helga Birgden looks at how asset managers and pension funds are tackling the risks associated with climate change. ... Read more

Regulation and risk

MADHU GAYER | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Madhu Gayer of BNP Paribas compares two strategies for measuring risk: the European Synthetic Risk Reward Indicator and the Australian Standard Risk ... Read more

Fixed income - time to think differently

ARIF HUSAIN | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

There is still a place for fixed income, despite the fact that the 30-year bond bull market has ended, argues T. Rowe Price's Arif ... Read more

The responsibility of super

SIMON O'CONNOR | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor discusses the importance of responsible investment, arguing that consumers are increasingly expecting their ... Read more

Latest News


More Australians retire with big mortgages ELIZABETH MCARTHUR New research analysing Australian Bureau of Statistics microdata shows that more Australians are retiring owing money on their mortgage.	AMP Super, board slapped with licence conditions KARREN VERGARA APRA announced this morning it is taking action on AMP's superannuation business and board, concerned they breached several areas of superannuation law.

LUCRF Super ups premiums for older members KARREN VERGARA The $6.5 billion superannuation fund is "substantially" reducing premiums for younger members at the expense of members aged 50 and over.	Superannuation fund tweaks fees KARREN VERGARA Christian Super, the $1.5 billion superannuation fund, will be making changes to its fee structures following a comprehensive review.

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Hall of fame

LAWRIE COX
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
AVSUPER FUND

Lawrie Cox has made extraordinary grassroots contributions beyond the superannuation and aviation industry. Karren Vergara writes why AvSuper's independent director holds a place in SelectingSuper's 2018 Hall of Fame.

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Luke Hooper

Special Counsel

FS Super

The Protecting Your Super package fee and costs caps for low-balance members

The Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 (Bill) passed both houses of Parliament on the 18th of February and now ...

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Travis Dickinson

Senior Consultant

FS Super

Introducing a CGT pension bonus scheme

When an active or retained member of your fund transfers to an account-based pension, unrealised capital gains tax (CGT) provisions are released, creating ...

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Grant Suttie

Head of Service Delivery, Alternative Investment Services, Asia Pacific

FS Super

Hedge fund managers: Start thinking like a mutual fund

The hedge fund industry has evolved from its heady beginnings, when a few elite managers went unquestioned as long as they delivered superior returns.

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Bill Glover

Partner

FS Super

Banking Royal Commission: Managed investment funds under the spotlight

The banking Royal Commission focused on misconduct by banks, insurance companies, mortgage brokers and superannuation trustees. However, anyone who is ...

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