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Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds with MySuper products should be allowed to extend their default offering into retirement, and should include annuities in that offering, Challenger has told the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its second submission to the FSI ...

Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Cbus has today launched its member direct investment (MDI) option, Cbus Self Managed, in a move to provide an alternative to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The option gives members access to ASX 300 listed companies, 16 Exchange Traded Funds ...

Abbott's SG claim incorrect, survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
The majority of businesses would fund a rise in the superannuation guarantee (SG) out of their own - not their employees' - pockets, according to survey commissioned by industry fund Sunsuper. This contradicts Tony Abbott's claim last week that the ...

Strong rise in risk market inflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Inflows to the total risk market grew 11.4% from $11.8 billion to $13.2 billion in the 12 months to 30 June, newly published data from Plan For Life shows. The group risk sub-market showed the strongest growth with inflows up 19.1%. This was driven ...

Executives lose sleep over changing regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Two thirds of investment executives are losing sleep over changing government regulation, according to BNP Paribas Securities Services' 'Asset Administration & Custody Review'. In a survey of 110 senior executives working in Australian asset management ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The share market is weaker as investors sit on the sidelines ahead of important economic events overseas. Most sectors of the market were lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Financial advisers' effort to improve business efficiency in the context of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) has paid off, as new research shows that practice profitability has gone up in the last year. Financial planners are serving more clients ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
...and a but, but here, and a but, but there, everywhere a but, but. Looks like I'm not the only one who likes my buts around here. There were 'buts' a-plenty after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released this "lucky country's' economic scorecard ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
The share market is flat as gains by the big four banks offset weakness in the resources sector. Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the market was holding up well given a weak lead from Wall Street. The mining sector's weakness ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
The government's decision to hold off raising the superannuation guarantee will cost young people tens of thousands of dollars in retirement savings, according to figures released by Industry Super Australia. A 25-year-old on $40,000 a year will miss ...