Communications & Marketing BRUCE STAFFORD | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Super funds have a technical heritage but to survive in tomorrow's much more competitive environment they will have to become true marketing organisations. Negotiating these challenges means coming to terms with choice of fund, industry consolidation ... Read more Retirement DARREN WICKHAM | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. As a period of leisure it is even more novel. Increasing lifespans and low birth rates mean that retirement is becoming less affordable. Retirement now means decades of government funded leisure (funded through ... Read more Administration & Management KRYSTAL HIDE | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 We are all affected by the "War on Talent" in how we run our organisations, whether we are super fund, a platform, an advisory group, an investment manager, an administrator or some other type of service provider. Indeed across the highly ... Read more Ethics & Governance ERIK MATHER | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Effective protection against insider trading is critical to market confidence and, over time, liquidity. For a company, failing to demonstrate a working governance system to prevent insider trading not only poses risks for the company but also for the ... Read more Investment SUSAN GOSLING | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Imagine you are offered $5 million to play Russian roulette. If you put a revolver with a bullet in one of the six available chambers to your head, there are six possible outcomes - five of which are highly favourable, and one of which is fatal. While ... Read more SCOTT MACDONALD | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 The continuing volatility in all equity markets and other traditional assets means the move into alternative investments should be an easy decision. With this in mind why is it currently estimated that the allocation to alternatives stands at only 6-8 ... Read more MICHAEL SENOSKI | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Pension liabilities are long-term cash flow obligations of the plan sponsor. Financial accounting and US federal funding standards require that these liabilities are to be valued based on a high-quality bond yield curve. The purpose of this paper is ... Read more STEPHEN BORTHWICK | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Active portfolio management is the art of balancing risk and return. The term "balance" insinuates that half of the art of portfolio construction lies in stock selection and the other half in risk management. However the majority of fund management ... Read more |
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Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino took an aim at plans by the opposition to let Australians dip into their super early, stating weakening preservation would undermine intergenerational protections and hurt the most vulnerable.
ART rolls out new investment technology platform
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VASYL NAIR
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TEAM SUPERANNUATION FUND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TEAM SUPERANNUATION FUND
Team Super chief executive Vasyl Nair reflects on the winding path from law to superannuation, the people who shaped him and the changing role of super funds in people's lives. Vinny Vucago writes.
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