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ME Bank launches premium treasury service

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
ME Bank will launch a new premium treasury service for wealth management advisers at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Melbourne on Wednesday. According to ME Bank general manager liabilities Michael Donohue, the ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
... Industry funds all scoring over 50% satisfaction. "Our research shows that the major reason that people are switching to SMSF's are associated with the poor investment performance and the level of fees and charges and as a result their funds are moving ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... performance simply hasn't matched the high levels of fees," says De Gori. A recent report commissioned by the Industry Super Network found fund members are paying around $20 billion in fees annually, with $6.2 billion of that going to fund managers. ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... included leading blogger and PR coach Trevor Young (@trevoryoung), leading industry social media consultant and former adviser Baz Gardner (@socialadviser) and Association of Financial Advisers' board member and co-founder of Wealth Enhancers Sarah Riegelhuth ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... communications director at Roy Morgan Research, says that the desire to reduce fees is a major motivation for people setting up an SMSF. "Our research shows that the major reason that people are switching to SMSF's is associated with the poor investment ...

Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... to help members make better investment decisions and monitor their performance. Paul Sainsbury, managing director of AMP SMSF Investments, champions the importance of recognising that the concept of self-managed super can be a red herring, and that in ...

AMP updates Ascend SMSF

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
AMP has launched a new version of its Ascend SMSF service to its financial advice network with improved online features. The enhanced Ascend SMSF service enables advisers to deliver better customer experiences at lower cost as a result of improved technology ...

SFG rolls out FOFA-ready MDA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... solution enabling clients to remain in control of portfolio changes, making it a targeted offering for high net worth and SMSF investors, according to Fenning. "There have been many attempts across the industry to deliver a mainstream managed discretionary ...

AMP to acquire Cavendish

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
AMP Limited is to acquire Australia's largest SMSF administrator Cavendish Group as part of plans to establish an SMSF dedicated business unit under Paul Sainsbury. The new unit aims to capture a greater position for AMP in the $440bn self-managed super ...

AMP appoints interim Multiport head

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... head of financial planning at ipac and will transition into the role in an interim capacity from April 16. Multiport, an SMSF and managed accounts provider was purchased by AXA Australia in 2009 and became part of the AMP Group in 2011 following the ...