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Corporate super advisers see revenue decline under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
The survival of corporate superannuation advice is at stake after the recent Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and MySuper regulatory changes have made it difficult for advisers to secure revenue. Corporate super advisers provide tendering services ...

AustralianSuper returns likely to decline in FY14

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
The AustralianSuper's most popular investment has returned 15.63% investment fees and taxes for the year, a result that will be difficult to match next financial year according to the Fund. "I don't expect a similar result next year," AustralianSuper ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... structured products, retirement planning, small business consulting, financial planning, practice development and superannuation. Ibbotson holds a degree in Industrial Relations and a Diploma in Management and Human Resource Management and is a member ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... She adds that the need for a signed PDS is creating a barrier for entry for small investors such as self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), often forcing them to limit their investments to listed assets or take more expensive advice related aggregated ...

Opposition challenges Labor to review Trio fraud

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann has called on new Treasurer Chris Bowen to review the Gillard government's response to the Trio Capital scandal. Described as the "largest superannuation fraud in Australian history" ...

FoFA still in need of changes: industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... around the provision and availability of scaled advice and refine the ban of commissions on risk insurance inside superannuation. "We will be asking the next government, whoever it is, to provide stability for the industry," De Gori said.

ISN welcomes new National Infrastructure Plan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... Infrastructure Plan, saying it will increase private investment opportunities in infrastructure - in particular for industry superannuation funds. The aim of the plan, according to Infrastructure Australia's Chairman Sir Rod Eddington AO, is "to provide ...

LUCRF Super extends Community Partnership Trust to SA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Australia's first industry super fund, LUCRF Super has launched its LUCRF Community Partnership Trust in South Australia. Senator Anne McEwen officially launched the Community Partnership Trust in Port Adelaide on 2 July. She announced Western Youth ...

WA Local Super gets MySuper licence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... begin offering our My Super product acknowledges that WA Local Super is leading the way in the Western Australian Superannuation industry," WA Local Super Fund chairman Nick Catania said. Chief executive John McNally said: "It is a major step in ensuring ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... the announcement of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new cabinet yesterday, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann claimed Rudd was "downgrading" the superannuation portfolio. However, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the ...