FS Super - Volume 2 Number 1

Volume 2 Issue 1

Administration & Management

Retaining Gen Ys - understanding is the key

KRYSTAL HIDE | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Investment

Russian roulette

SUSAN GOSLING | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Time to step up hedge fund allocations

SCOTT MACDONALD | Comments | 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. ... Read more

Pension-liability analysis: An application of fixed income analytics

MICHAEL SENOSKI | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Portfolio risk analysis should not stop at tracking error

STEPHEN BORTHWICK | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Retirement

It's time to abolish retirement

DARREN WICKHAM | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Communications & Marketing

Future of super fund marketing

BRUCE STAFFORD | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Ethics & Governance

Position paper: Director and executive security trading

ERIK MATHER | Comments | 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 ... Read more

Latest News


Corporate fund updates members on fee changes KARREN VERGARA A $12 billion corporate super fund has achieved lower investment and transaction fees for its members for the 2019 financial year.	Industry bodies react to APRA review KARREN VERGARA Several industry associations have responded to APRA's Capability Review as many weighed in on how the recommendations can improve the superannuation sector.

NFP funds dominate group insurance market KARREN VERGARA While not-for-profit funds continue to hold the lions' share of the group insurance market, new research reveals corporate fund members are more likely to take-up default insurance.	ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan HARRISON WORLEY The peak body for industry superannuation wants to see workers' retirement savings follow them from job to job by automatically rolling over into a single fund.

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Closing the gap

MELINDA HOWES
GENERAL MANAGER, SUPERANNUATION
BT FINANCIAL GROUP

After a period of hiatus, Melinda Howes returned to BT Financial Group as general manager of superannuation having realised her passion for super and the difference she can make in members' lives. Karren Vergara writes.

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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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Industry Events

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Best Practice Series: Retirement Income Forum

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27-29

FPA Professional Congress returns to Melbourne

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JUL

Advisers Big Day Out Bendigo

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