Andrea Slattery

Home ownership decline places super system under threat

Superannuation was designed on the assumption that home ownership would be available to all, so what happens when people cannot enter the real-estate market?

Dan PurvesMarch 22, 2017

SMSF Association chief Andrea Slattery resigns

Andrea Slattery has resigned as chief executive of the Self Managed Super Fund Association. John Maroney has been appointed as successor.

Dan PurvesFebruary 2, 2017

Andrea Slattery says tailored products needed for SMSFs

Self-managed super fund investors, who account for more than $432 billion, need tailored products from dedicated investment professionals focused on this group, says the Self-managed Super Fund Professionals Association.

I & T NewsJuly 19, 2011

Investment Strategy

SMSF trustees forced to invest outside super

Having largely escaped the wrath of the Cooper Inquiry, the SMSF market, led by its representative body, has started to flex its muscles with a call for higher caps on superannuation contributions.

Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2011

Investment Strategy

Harper calls for new inquiry into financial system

Professor Ian Harper, one of Australia’s most respected economists, will tell this month’s 13th Annual Investment Administration Conference that he would like to see another inquiry into the financial system, given the repercussions of the global financial crisis.

Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2010