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CBA, NAB joins Class Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank have both joined the automated data feeds of SMSF administration software developer Class Super. The addition of CBA and NAB takes the number of top 20 Australian financial institutions as providers ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... will see him lead BetaShares' asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy. He'll also be educating advisers and SMSF trustees on exchange traded funds (ETF) and analytics. As well as setting up two businesses including Alpha Financial Products ...

AFS to focus on independent market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... level, AFS intends to launch several new initiatives, including up to three private label product offerings, upgrades to its SMSF products, compliance restructure and the launch of a new MDA facility. AFS's Strategic Development Group (SDG), a group ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... remove distortions and will ensure a level playing field for individual insurance policies. This is a positive measure for the SMSF sector," said Andrea Slattery, chief executive, SPAA. Meanwhile, the Industry Super Network (ISN) has applauded FOFA ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... industry feuds erupted again today as the Financial Planning Association fired a shot across the bow of the Industry Super Network over an advertising campaign that it believes harms financial planners. The print advertisements allege retail super fund ...

Fiducian on growth path

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... report. Further targeting financial planners, Fiducian is in the process of developing its own self -managed super fund (SMSF) administration offer, designed to compliment Fiducian's current superannuation and investment services. This will be marketed ...

SPAA to lift professional standards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... added they have already made recommendations on how excess contributions made in error should be treated and have spoken to SMSF specialists about the impact of new rules governing collectables and personal use assets. The three-day event will feature ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Wealth managers already struggling to defend their business models against intra-fund advice and MySuper reforms are set to be confronted by even bigger challenges - this time from a new breed of product providers built solely to cater for self-directed ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... said, is in its existing client base. Half the group's accounting and advice business relates to the self managed super fund (SMSF) market - a market segment that is looking for lending alternatives for their business or for personal expansion, he added. ...

Yellow Brick Road selects OneVue managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... said that the technology deal is just one part of a broader strategy to provide ordinary investors, either through their SMSF or through financial advisers, "advice on tap", not just during the irregular times that most SMSFs usually get advice. The ...