Volume 1 Number 2

Volume 1 Issue 2

Insurance

Group insurance undergoes a significant change in Australia

MICHAEL ROGERS | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

Group Insurance has always been a tremendous platform for making insurance more accessible to more people, but increased competition and strong economic conditions have meant Group Insurers have had ... Read more

Solving the advice paradox by getting the right information at the right price

JIM MINTO | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

The concept of "simple super" has significantly shifted the goal posts for consumers and for everyone in the industry. It has also helped eliminate some of the complexity which has built up ... The ... Read more

Administration & Management

An accountant's view of the SMSF market

GILES CRAIG | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

Over the past three years AMP Capital and Investment Trends have undertaken extensive research into the characteristics, motivation and behaviours of SMSF investors and their advisers. March 2007 saw ... Over ... Read more

Performance measurement and transaction cost analysis in transition management

JIM KARELAS , DUNCAN KLEIN | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

Performance measurement and transaction cost analysis can often be confused when assessing the qualities of a transition. Performance measurement is used to measure fund returns over a period, usually ... Performance ... Read more

The art of governance and actively managing the IT relationship

STEVE PARKER | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

When US-based IT consultancy The Standish Group first published The Chaos Report in 1994, it rocked the enterprise IT community to its foundation when it revealed that a staggering 31 per cent of IT ... Read more

Self managed superannuation funds and the acquisition of assets

KATE ANDERSON | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

The major attraction of an SMSF is that individual members become, as trustees, their own fund manager. But there are several issues trustees need to consider when devising an investment strategy for ... The ... Read more

Making the most of anti money laundering systems

LAURIE NEWMAN | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

To catch a mouse, use cheese. But how do you catch a rat? Unfortunately for governments and financial businesses, the best money launderers are like rats - and these rats are reaching new heights of ... Read more

Toxic servicing: Eroding profitability in the financial services sector

MARTIN NORTH | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

While some financial services companies are focusing on attracting and retaining as many customers as possible, the benefits of this approach are questionable. Research commissioned by Fujitsu shows ... Read more

Investment

The need to differentiate between noise and skill: Too many fooled by randomness

TIM UNGER , MICHAEL BLAYNEY | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

Most outcomes in life are impacted by skill (or a lack of it) as well as noise (random chance or luck). What do we mean by this in practice? We mean that a portion of any outcome is likely to relate ... Read more

Latest News


Senate secures members' interest changes HARRISON WORLEY Insurance in superannuation is now opt-in only for new members under the age of 25 and those with low account balances, after the government's Putting Members' Interest First super reforms passed through the Senate yesterday.	Intrust Super revamps robo-advice KRISTI CHENG Intrust Super has relaunched its robo-advice offering, increasing the solution's speed while decreasing the user input requirements.

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done HARRISON WORLEY The First Nations Foundation's 2019 Big Super Day Out reconnected more than $9.5 million in superannuation with Indigenous Australians.	Major super funds caught in fraud scandal ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON Several of Australia's largest superannuation funds were targeted by an online fraud syndicate which siphoned millions from share-trading and super accounts.

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Closing the gap

MELINDA HOWES
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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 Mills Oakley Lawyers Pty Limited	Travis Dickinson Senior Consultant Willis Towers Watson	Grant Suttie Head of Service Delivery, Alternative Investment Services, Asia Pacific BNY Mellon Investment Management Australia	Bill Glover Partner Holding Redlich
The Protecting Your Super package fee and costs caps for low-balance members	Introducing a CGT pension bonus scheme	Hedge fund managers: Start thinking like a mutual fund	Banking Royal Commission: Managed investment funds under the spotlight
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 (Bill) passed both houses of Parliament on the 18th of February and now ...	When an active or retained member of your fund transfers to an account-based pension, unrealised capital gains tax (CGT) provisions are released, creating ...	The hedge fund industry has evolved from its heady beginnings, when a few elite managers went unquestioned as long as they delivered superior returns.	The banking Royal Commission focused on misconduct by banks, insurance companies, mortgage brokers and superannuation trustees. However, anyone who is ...
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