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More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Admin and investment fees charged by major Australian super funds are on par, if not better, than those charged by similar funds in the US, the UK and Japan - but more can be done to lower overall costs to the average fund member, a global study found. ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Financial planners and super funds will be catering for a much bigger market than previously thought, after Treasurer Wayne Swan said the population could grow to 35 million by 2049, much higher than earlier estimates of around 28 million. Speaking ...

Garvan and Apogee adopt fee for service

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
MLC-backed Apogee Financial Planning and Garvan/MLC Financial Planning are transitioning to a fee for advice model from 1 July next year. In a press statement released today, MLC confirmed that both Apogee and Garvan would adopt the new model for all ...

Promnitz joins IFSA board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Peter Promnitz, chief executive at Mercer (Australia) and region head of Asia Pacific Mercer, has joined the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) as a director. He replaces Jeremy Duffield, who resigned from the association's board to ...

TOWER nabs $600m AustralianSuper deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... one or two in the future," he said. AustralianSuper hired consultants Jeff Humphreys of cHr Consulting, Aon Consulting and IFS Insurance Broking and used the fund's internal team to assist with choosing an insurer. The new arrangements are expected to ...

IFSA's Gilbert resurfaces at law firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Richard Gilbert, former chief executive of IFSA, has taken up his new post as director of corporate affairs today at boutique legal firm, Speed and Stracey Lawyers. The chairman of Speed and Stracey Lawyers, Robin Speed, announced Gilbert will be consulting ...

Make advice tax deductible: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) is calling on the government to legislate for all financial advice to be tax deductible. John Brogden, chief executive at IFSA, said raising regulatory standards would more than likely increase ...

O'Donnell steps down

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
Australian Ethical Investment's is on the lookout for a new chief executive after current chief executive, Anne O'Donnell, announced she is stepping down from her role in December this year after nine years at the helm. O'Donnell joined Australian Ethical ...

More reform through reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Industry associations and financial services firms should not view the upcoming Henry and Cooper reviews with trepidation but rather as opportunities to improve the current system, said Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and ...

IFS adds three super funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Industry Funds Services (IFS) has added the Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation, AUST(Q) and CONNECT Super to its client list. David Haynes, general manager at IFS, said the three super funds had signed on this year. This comes after Industry Fund ...