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Brokerage domination chokes competition: Paritech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... what they want. "Cheap is good, but everyone's already cheap - that's all that's happened," Klink said. "The self-managed super (SMSF) industry is very disjointed right now so you can get cheap trading. But the problem is you go to get a SMSF return ...

Call for change follows Perpetual 57% profit fall

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
Perpetual needs more accelerated and fundamental change, said chief executive and Managing Director Geoff Lloyd, after announcing the group's $26.7 million net after tax profit - a 57% fall on the previous year. A group-wide cost reduction program in ...

Super FUM hits $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... billion. Retail funds, including superannuation platforms and legacy retail, grew only 0.6% to $372 billion. Self managed super funds (SMSF) grew 3.7% to $484 billion and are well on their way to breaking through the half trillion dollar barrier. Corporate ...

SMSF's need life cover education

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Knowledge of life insurance offers is the biggest barrier to self managed super fund members taking it up within their fund, said AIA Australia. AIA Australia surveyed approximately 400 advisers on the knowledge and take-up of life insurance within ...

Polarisation of super dubbed "shocking" by UK manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... superannuation was a point of contention. "In a population of 23 million people to have nearly half a million self-managed super accounts is jaw-dropping," McFarlane said. "I can't think of anywhere else in the world with that kind of number. "Then at ...

Insurance cover launched for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Self-managed superannuation fund provider, Self Super Insurance has launched insurance cover products for art and collectable assets designed specifically for SMSFs. Self Super Insurance urges Self-managed superannuation fund's (SMSF) to properly insure ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... year marks a milestone for retail investors. "Particularly for those who seek to add more stability to their self-managed super fund portfolios as they offer simple, safe and transparent access to high quality fixed income assets which generate a regular ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... "They have a legitimate and - at times - rewarding role to play in an investment portfolio," he said. "For a self managed super fund with $500 000 a structured product may offer an ideal way to capture market upside for an outlay of the interest payments. ...

ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... consult by the end of 2012 on a range of issues including guidance on disclosure requirements for MySuper, on self-managed super fund (SMSF) reforms and, where appropriate, on governance reforms and SuperStream changes. ASIC said it will amend existing ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... statement. In other regulatory news, the government has deferred the proposed ban on off-market transfers between self-managed super funds (SMSF) and related parties where a market exists, until July 1, 2013. The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia ...