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VicSuper adds new investment options

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund VicSuper will add two new investment options - Australian shares and term deposits, it announced today. The Australian Shares Option will be 100% invested in listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange. VicSuper ...

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... 'comfortable lifestyle' budget for a couple and $41,090 budget for single people, as estimated by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Only 30% of baby boomers surveyed had actually sought formal financial advice, while the remaining ...

Don't forget to remind DB members: ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
Australia's corporate watchdog has reminded the trustees of defined benefit superannuation schemes to keep their members up-to-date after a review of the sector. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said that it wants to encourage ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s warning about the complexities of self-managed super fund (SMSF) loans has been questioned by a number of industry professionals. APRA executive general manager for policy Chris Littrell warned ...

MLC dealer group the best: CoreData

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... research house's annual shadow shop, which looks at financial planners' ability to engage real buyers of investment, superannuation and insurance advice, as well as deliver services within the framework set out by all relevant legislation. The top award ...

VicSuper starts daily unit pricing

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
VicSuper has said its investments returns are more transparent, after the industry superannuation fund moved to daily unit pricing from 1 January this year. Daily unit pricing is widely accepted as a more transparent method of calculating and applying ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Life Insurer MetLife has launched a new retirement product in partnership with industry super fund MTAA, labeling similar options already on the market "inadequate." MetLife Australia said it would initially only be working with MTAA, with a spokesperson ...

Super funds shouldn't abandon small-cap active managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... companies that make the 'picks and shovels' or provide recruitment services or waste disposal," he added. While large superannuation funds are increasingly bringing their investment operations in-house or turning to low-cost index solutions, Frost says ...

Would-be clients snub advice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Financial Planning Shadow Shop. The report details financial planners' ability to engage real buyers of investment, superannuation and insurance advice, as well as deliver services within the framework set out by all relevant legislation. It is measured ...

AIST argues for fee-cap in MySuper submission

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' submission to the final tranche of the Federal Government's MySuper legislation will highlight problems with asset-based administration fees. After putting the finishing touches on its submission ...