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NAB delays staff salary increases

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... Paul Ferrari said. According to FSU, NAB's response to the union's demands included clawing back the additional superannuation currently paid above the government's minimum employer conditions and "waters down redundancy protection." The union said that ...

ASFA calls for delay to MySuper reporting deadline

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013

Club Plus climbs aboard DI bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Industry fund Club Plus Super is the latest superannuation fund to launch a direct investment option, which may stave off the flow of members with high account balances setting up self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The new Direct Investment Option will ...

Australian Ethical pays out $300k in redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
ASX-listed retail super fund Australian Ethical will make a number of employees redundant following a "substantial reduction" of its Canberra office. In a release published on the ASX website, Australian Ethical chief executive Phil Vernon said, "The ...

Finance industry integrity called into question

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... 26% thought they did. When asked about the integrity of organisations providing financial products such as banks, superannuation funds, insurance companies and other credit licensees, stakeholders said that 25% don't operate with integrity, but 33% do. ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Industry fund BUSSQ is doing a better job of keeping its members satisfied than any other Australian super fund, according to research by Investment Trends. Investment Trends 2013 Member Sentiment & Communications Report found that 83% of BUSSQ members ...

Aussies mainly concerned about super and retiring

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Superannuation and retirement planning are the key areas of concern for Australians who decide to seek financial advice. The results from the Financial Planning Week organised by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) indicate that superannuation ...

NGS Super rethinks ESG as green option flops

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
NGS Super is launching a new socially responsible investment option that will screen out tobacco, armaments and pornography, after its green shares option failed to attract sufficient interest. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball said that ...

ASFA wary about SMSF property schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is calling for mandatory Australian financial services licensing (AFSL) for all persons involved in the sale of investment products and property to self-managed super funds (SMSF). ASFA expressed ...

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... he did not expect any announcement on who would be running the portfolios impacting the financial services and superannuation industries for at least two weeks as Cormann would need time to appoint new staff. Cormann was appointed to Shadow Assistant ...