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Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... Services Council (FSC) welcomed the inquiry, saying lower and average paid workers would benefit the most from increased competition. "Currently, the only way default funds can be added to an award is through the recommendation and agreement of employer ...

FSP reviews group terms, eyes recruits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... Financial Services Partners is reviewing its dealer group terms and adviser recruitment processes, with a focus on greater competition and service delivery, to be launched in February. The adviser group has been working on new dealer group terms that ...

Global uncertainty creating employment anxiety

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Australia the financial services job market is beginning to steady, and demand is currently being met," said McFerran. "Competition for roles will heat up most in the mid-to-senior and executive levels as these professionals are returning home laden ...

legalsuper expands investment expertise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... investment manager will optimise our investment performance, particularly while investment markets remain volatile and competition between superannuation funds increase." Sanajko comes with eight years financial services experience both in Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... cent, to $3.25 a share. The telco on Friday lodged a revised structural separation undertaking with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Count chief replaced by CBA exec

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... wealth management firm and been replaced by Commonwealth Bank senior executive David Lane. It's after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave CBA's takeover of Count the green light earlier this month, and was endorsed by Count ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... incidence of turning an investment profit than students from the 1,500 schools which took part in this year's ASX competition. The ASX Games were broken into two rounds, the first being the 10 week period from March 3 and the second being the 10 week ...

MLC continues slashing Wrap fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
MLC has continued cutting its fees in a bid to drive up adviser competition as it unveils its new MLC Wrap pricing structure. Effective for both new and existing MLC Wrap clients from December 1, the new structure will see lower administration fees ...

HOSTPLUS, CareSuper take top gongs at AIST awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Cooking competitions and Olympians were the winning formulas for HOSTPLUS and CareSuper with the two super funds winning the top awards at the annual AIST 2011 Awards for Excellence. The awards, attended by around 200 industry members, recognised diversity ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... infrastructure is where they want to go, the ability to find core quality infrastructure assets at a reasonable price given competition is challenging, so takeovers of listed stocks is also occurring, moving listed stocks into the unlisted market," said ...