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13 April 2017 • By • 1 min read

First State Super acquires NSW land registry

First State Super is part of a consortium that has purchased the NSW government’s land title registry service for $2.6 billion. NSW Premier Gladys ...

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Sunsuper and Kinetic Super in merger talks

The boards of Sunsuper and Kinetic Super have signed a heads of agreement giving in principle support for a merger between the two industry funds

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First Super freezes private equity program

First Super will not make any new investments in private equity, and has placed its existing $100 million dollar private equity program into review ...

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Affordable housing touted as new asset class

Treasurer Scott Morrison is keen to encourage superannuation funds to invest in affordable housing as a "longer term fixed interest" asset class

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‘Arbitrary thresholds’ shouldn’t guide super mergers

Superannuation funds shouldn’t merge based solely on their funds management or number of members, says the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

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Super funds below $2bn should merge: Rice Warner

Superannuation funds with less than $2 billion in funds under management or fewer than 100,000 members should merge, says Rice Warner. Rice Warner ...

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Early super release ‘wrong solution’ for housing

Giving young Australians early access to their super to finance a house purchase would do nothing to address the underlying problem, says the ...

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PC proposal could sideline retail defaults

Retail default super products could be left out in the cold if the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to focus on net returns is adopted, says ...

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Group insurance critical for Australia: FSC

Group insurance provides an important safety net for many Australians who would not be able to afford life insurance otherwise, according to the ...

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Young Aussies in the dark about super

Almost two-thirds of Australians aged under 29 have multiple super accounts, and 40 per cent have “no idea” what their total balance is, according to ...

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