In the 1990s,
superannuation fund asset growth is likely to be more dependent on the inflow of new money (and the application of exceptional investment skills).
Not exact matches
NAB said on Thursday that MLC had more than 1200 financial advisers, ran the largest retail
superannuation fund in the country, had $ 199 billion in
assets under management and 3300 staff.
National Australia Bank's MLC - home to the country's largest retail
superannuation fund and $ 199 billion in
assets under management - officially joined the bulging list of financial services sector initial public offering candidates on Thursday morning, when NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn flagged intentions to divest the business.
The company said MLC had more than 1200 financial advisers, ran the largest retail
superannuation fund in the country, had $ 199 billion in
assets under management and 3300 staff.
Since the early 1980s, the proportion of household financial
assets held as deposits has fallen from about 50 per cent to below 30 per cent; this has been mirrored by a comparable rise in the proportion of household
assets held as claims on life insurance and
superannuation funds (Graph 11).
Household sector financial
assets increased by 1.7 per cent in the March quarter, a somewhat slower rate than in previous quarters, as a reduction in the value of direct equity holdings partially offset strong gains in the value of
funds held in
superannuation.
Institutions with high exposure to overseas
assets, particularly
superannuation funds and public unit trusts, recorded the largest
asset gains in the quarter.
«AMP is well placed to take advantage of the growing pool of
superannuation and
fund management
assets as the
superannuation industry doubles in size by 2026.
Numerous agriculture executives have long complained about a reluctance by Australian
superannuation funds to invest in local
assets, driving up demand for foreign capital.
The Australian
superannuation fund behind Queensland Investment Corporation's $ 300 million - plus purchase of the North Australian Pastoral Company is the Queensland government's Long Term
Asset Advisory Board.
First State Super head of income and real
assets Damien Webb, a senior executive for one of the nation's largest
superannuation funds, said the
superannuation industry's view of agriculture was changing and he expected much more capital to flow into agriculture investments.
Australia's biggest
superannuation funds are reportedly urging the federal and state governments to sell public
assets worth up to $ 92 billi...
As the
asset is not being dealt with for the sole purpose of enabling the
fund to discharge all or part of its liabilities in respect of
superannuation income stream benefits, it can not be a segregated current pension
asset under subsections 295 - 385 (3) or 295 - 385 (4) of the ITAA 1997.
A complying
superannuation fund using the segregated method classifies its CGT
assets as either segregated current pension
assets or segregated non-current
assets.
A further example is where a
fund is paying a
superannuation income stream to one member and a TRIS to another, and all of the
fund's
assets are used to support those
superannuation income stream benefits.
From 1 July 2017, a
fund will lose the income tax exemption for
assets supporting TRISs and similar
superannuation income streams that are not in the retirement phase from this time.
In relation to TRISs, the transitional arrangements are intended to provide CGT relief by enabling complying
superannuation funds to reset the cost base of CGT
assets to their market value where those
assets are re-allocated or re-apportioned from the current pension phase to the accumulation phase in order to comply with the new law.
The trustee of a complying
superannuation fund or pooled
superannuation trust must choose for CGT relief to apply for a CGT
asset in the approved form.
An
asset, commonly, stops being a segregated current pension
asset when the
fund ceases holding the
asset «solely» to meet liabilities it has in relation to
superannuation income stream benefits payable at that time.
Sometimes, all of a
fund's
assets are held «solely» to meet liabilities it has to pay, for example,
superannuation income stream benefits (including TRISs for the 2016 - 17 income year).
Consequently,
superannuation funds using the segregated method may need to reallocate CGT
assets they hold from their segregated current pension
asset pool.
Large
superannuation funds will typically engage an
asset consulting firm to assist them with manager research and may also subscribe to surveys and publications that report and rank manager performance.
Causeway began operations in June 2001, and manages
assets on behalf of corporations, pension plans, public retirement plans, Taft - Hartley pension plans, endowments and foundations, mutual
funds, charities,
superannuation, sovereign wealth
funds, private
funds and trusts, wrap fee programs and other institutions located in the US, Canada and overseas.
If you are a trustee of a self - managed
superannuation fund (SMSF) or a small APRA
fund, your members» total
superannuation balances will determine whether you can use the segregated
assets method to calculate exempt current pension income (ECPI).
The CGT relief provisions preserve the income tax exemption for capital gains accrued, but not yet realised, by a complying
superannuation fund on CGT
assets held throughout the pre-commencement period (see paragraph 7 of this Guideline).
In relation to TRISs, the transitional arrangements are intended to provide CGT relief by enabling complying
superannuation funds to reset the cost base of
assets to their market value where those
assets are re-allocated or re-apportioned from the current pension phase to the accumulation phase in order to comply with the new law.
The options available to complying
superannuation funds when considering CGT relief depend on whether a CGT
asset stops being a segregated current pension
asset at the cessation time (refer to paragraph 21 of this Guideline), or the
fund continues using the proportionate method in the pre-commencement period.»
The CGT relief provisions preserve the income tax exemption for capital gains accrued, but not yet realised, by complying
superannuation funds and pooled
superannuation trusts on CGT
assets held throughout the pre commencement period (see paragraph 7 of this Guideline).
Part 1 of this article looked at the ways in which
superannuation funds and other institutional investors build «multi-manager» equity portfolio structures in an attempt to spread the benefits of diversification within, and not just across,
asset classes.
For example, this may occur where the
assets of the
superannuation fund are allocated to specific
superannuation interests that are supporting
superannuation income streams.
A net capital gain is taxed as income, but if the
asset was held for one year or more, the gain is first discounted by 50 % for an individual, or a third for a
superannuation fund.