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Retail funds ruled out of corporate tenders on MySuper lack

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

MTAA launches individual advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Industry super fund MTAA will now offer a new limited personal advice service to its members. The service allows members to receive advice on their individual situation in areas such as contributing to super, transition to retirement, insurance and ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Westpac and BT Financial Group has become only the third retail conglomerate superannuation provider to gain MySuper authorisation. The wealth group has been approved to offer three MySuper products that will be used across its ASGARD, BTFG and Westpac ...

New dark pool transparency rules introduced

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... trading (HFT) have been introduced in a bid to improve transparency. Minister Assisting for Financial Services and Superannuation David Bradbury announced a package of market integrity rules just prior to parliament being pro-rogued that directed at ...

Strong returns put UniSuper back in the black

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Strong investment returns from rebounding capital markets have strengthened UniSuper's balance sheet sufficiently to enable the fund trustee board to announce they no longer need to consider reducing members' benefits to maintain the fund's solvency. ...

Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... recommendations such as including financial literacy in the school curriculum or lowering the company tax rate. From the superannuation sector, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos asked for the winner ...

NTAA keen to establish referral relations with advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Accountants Association (NTAA) said that the majority of its members want to continue to provide advice to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), and added that they are keen on establishing referral relations with financial planners. NTAA Advice ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... declaration that a re-elected Labor government wouldn't make any significant changes to policy affecting the nation's superannuation savings still being digested by conference delegates, the Financial Services Council (FSC) invited three leading political ...

Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... and the Financial Services Council (FSC) will form a union. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said: "We are heartened by the announcement from the Financial Services Council and the Industry ...

FSC denounces lost super threshold rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... The Financial Services Council (FSC) has denounced the government's plan to raise the threshold at which inactive superannuation account balances can be transferred to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Currently, inactive account balances of under ...