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FoFA changes must go before parliament: Collins

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms must be debated as legislation in Parliament, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair and former NSW Liberal leader Peter Collins. The government is currently treating the proposed ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... inhibit the provision of lower cost financial advice." Yesterday the Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll told Financial Standard that he was concerned the proposed changes may result in reduced consumer protection ...

FoFA reforms put professional standards at risk: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... a decline in professional standards. Speaking to Financial Standard, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll said that it would consider any changes put forward by the government "appropriately." "We will consider if these ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Men still heavily dominate the boards of superannuation funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... subject last week. Part of the Stronger Super reforms, the new portfolio holdings disclosure rules will require superannuation funds to publicly disclose all their investments down to the underlying assets. Under the current proposals, this would mean ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... Draft Mining and Resources Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013, which plans to repeal Labor's low income superannuation contribution (LISC). The legislation that increased compulsory super guarantee contributions from 9.25% to 12% will be delayed. ...

Fund member admin in spotlight at super forum

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... QSuper and BNP Paribas headlines an upcoming event that focuses on what happens behind the scenes when running a superannuation fund. International Business Review will hold its Superannuation Fund Back Office: Member Administration and Investment Operations ...

Less than 1% of AusSuper members seek advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... tiny proportion of members are seeing the benefits of this. In a speech to the Association of Financial Advisors (AFA), Industry Super Network (ISN) chief executive David Whitely said AustralianSuper expects to issue 20,000 pieces of advice this year ...

IFM mulls Asia office

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... invest in and a region to raise institutional capital from for a while," Himbury said. IFM is owned by 32 industry superannuation funds has clients and teams in the three of the largest pension markets in the world. As at March 2013 it had $44 billion ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Superannuation fund leaders have said MySuper will fail to achieve its aims, while ensuring significant costs to super funds, according to a report conducted by Sussman Associates. Medium sized, generic funds were expected to get the worst deal out ...