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Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... issues that are around," he said. Minister Shorten said industry funds themselves had plenty of challenges ahead including MySuper. Brad Fox, president of the Association of Financial Advisers, said the playing field for fees was not level, causing widespread ...

Super conference ends on a high

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... and the assistant secretary of the ACTU. Hosted by Tony Jones of the ABC's Lateline program, discussion was lively with MySuper likened at one point to the "housing commission of superannuation". Audiences responded enthusiastically with their electronic ...

Russell names new MD corporate super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... to recruit more staff and has launched new initiatives in corporate super, including the delivery of limited advice and MySuper-related initiatives. Russell's corporate super business services super funds with a collective $53 billion in assets and 220,000 ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... review last year. "With portfolio sizes now in the billions, and indeed tens of billions, increasing internal expertise, MySuper, post-retirement products, and the everpresent need to be competitive on both fees and performance, we and our clients have ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
There are better ways to deliver the aims of MySuper than those currently being explored by the government, super fund experts said. Shifting the focus from fees to the total profit that funds extract from MySuper products and even limiting that amount ...

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 ...

Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... regular basis over the course of the next few months. The Group will also be supported by several working groups (covering MySuper, Governance, self-managed superannuation funds, and SuperStream). The working groups will allow for more detailed discussions ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... parliament since 1940. Regulatory reforms were another major focus of the industry. The Cooper Review saw the unveiling of 'MySuper' and pushed commissions to the forefront of marketplace debate. But uncertainty surrounding 'fee for service' lingered ...

Government unveils response to Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... Government has welcomed most of the recommendations from the Cooper Review - but rejected several key proposals to do with MySuper. The Cooper Review originally recommended that there should be no cost cross-subsidisation between MySuper and other super ...

Lift the bar on default funds: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... eligible to be named workplace default funds. "These objective criteria should set a 'high bar' and included within the MySuper framework," noted ISN, which is calling for high barriers to entry for funds seeking default status as well. Industry Super ...