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Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... market leader for Australia/New Zealand at Mercer's said the SMSF market offers an opportunity to provide the firm's superannuation expertise direct to advisers and trustees. He noted that setting up an integrated and seamless platform with superMate ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... is not just for retirees and the very wealthy, people in their twenties can benefit also." "The reason we have superannuation in Australia is because people are not engaged with funding their own retirement. Reforms such as MySuper are not going to change ...

AFA: new lost super reforms a cash cow

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... super reforms. Fox replied that "we have had a concern right through the processes around consolidating people's superannuation without going through adequate measures to make sure people are not losing benefits throughout the process." He added that ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... closely aligned to the challenges facing advisers in a post FoFA environment and which also meets the needs of superannuation funds and institutions. The two firms also agree that the current financial advice model serving retirees are suboptimal, claiming ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... super fund (SMSF) members continue to be the most satisfied. The results are reported in the latest Roy Morgan 'Superannuation Satisfaction' survey, research that is based on interviews with 30,000 people. The report revealed that satisfaction with the ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... super fund statements in Australia are still predominatly delivered by paper statements, a phenominon that makes superannuation fraud such an attractive area for criminal activity. Illustrating how financial service firms are trying to respond to fraud ...

Avoid estate planning mistakes

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... who is also an accredited specialist in wills & estates. "Probably the most common mistake I see is to do with superannuation, where people attempt to directly distribute superannuation assets through a Will," she said. In most cases, superannuation ...

CGT relief passes House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Capital gains tax relief has been welcomed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), after the Bill passed through the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill extends the relief on capital loss rollovers to 1 July 2017 to coincide ...

Prepare now for MySuper revenue siege: MLC's Doust

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Given that MySuper is a major game-changer in the way corporate super advisers earn a living, Neale Doust head of sales and relationship management at MLC Business Super suggests they invest sufficient time working how they'll survive once the brave ...

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... for funds and people that have impacted the industry. Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director, said, "The superannuation industry is undergoing tremendous change right now due to the combination of technology, changing consumer expectations and ...