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Government delays SuperStream deadline

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The government has pushed back the deadline at which super funds must comply with SuperStream to 1 July 2015. The SuperStream regime is due to commence on 1 July 2014, at which time employers with more than 20 employees will be able to start making ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... report reveals that retirees and pre-retirees now make up 66% of financial planning clients and account for 82% of planner funds under advice. With the number of retirees and pre-retirees set to grow from 6.2 million to 7.9 million over the next 10 years ...

DomaCom eyes Gen Ys with property product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
DomaCom is encouraging young investors to set up self-managed super funds (SMSF) and to invest in its property fund as part of a recent partnership. The provider has partnered with Self-Managed Super Institute, CST Corporate Solutions and Evolv Super ...

Invest in UK infrastructure, super funds urged

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The British government is targeting Australian superannuation funds as potential investors in a raft of new infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom. According to Justine Allan, head of institutional investor relations for government body, UK Trade ...

Challenger makes senior Fidante Partners appointment

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Challenger's multi-boutique funds management business, Fidante Partners, has appointed a senior business development manager from Morgan Stanley. Investment banker Gabrielle Munzer was most recently an executive director, global capital markets at Morgan ...

Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... outstanding outcome for our members given the plethora of bad news on insurance premiums announced in recent months by other funds," Press said. Equip Personal members, who comprise over half of the fund's 52,000 membership, were the greatest beneficiaries ...

Intra-fund advice is also a commission: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Super Australia (ISA) has been one of the strongest proponents of banning commissions in general advice. "Industry super funds do not pay sales commissions or other incentives to financial planners," Chief executive David Whiteley said. "The banks want ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Super funds have seen the lowest rates of return for almost two years, according to figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In the March quarter, super funds with more than $50 million in funds under management saw ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... large investors and their advisers choose the right approach? Mark Smith puts the new wave of unconstrained fixed income funds under the microscope. While no one can say for certain exactly when the tide will turn, it is clear from the promising signs ...

Bennelong CEO Jarrod Brown steps down

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The chief executive of Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) Jarrod Brown is to step down from the business effective tomorrow. In statement the fund manager said that the search for a replacement chief executive was "well advanced." In the interim, BFM ...