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Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Member interests and not the interests of competing funds is paramount for default super, said FSC and the AIST in their parliamentary submissions. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have ...

SPAA reassures members on opt-in

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... legislation. "SPAA welcomes the 'best interest duty,' long advocating that acting in the best interests of clients is of paramount importance when dealing with engaged customers - both for professionalism and for true scaled advice to occur," Slattery ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... superannuation fund investment options which typically have a high allocation to bonds and where capital preservation is of paramount importance," Chee said.

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... competition among financial advisory services is important, the quality of advice and the professionalism of the industry are paramount. "The FOFA reforms will create a highly professional financial advice industry. Further, as systems are developed ...

Fund managers rate Aust equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... equities for fund manager, Tyndall, believes that risks are skewed to the downside and there fore capital preservation is paramount, even if it requires negative bond yields like the recent German bond auction. "Economic growth is set to slow in 2012 ...

Super fund ramps up insurance access

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... service which ensures our members' insurance experience is much faster and easier at a time when 'speed and ease' is paramount," said chief executive officer, BUSS(Q), David O'Sullivan. Under the new system, which is being rolled out over the next few ...

DKN acquires 25pc in Godfrey Pembroke firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... aggregation of practices and a more cost effective and efficient delivery of service to our clients. We believe this is paramount to the future of wealth management practices," said StrategyOne founder, Virginia Heyer. DKN recorded an increase in funds ...

ASIC warns of $15,000 EOFY countdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... regulations, such as lodging annual reports and reporting to members. The regulator said that openness and transparency was of paramount importance and that it could only be achieved when public companies lodge annual returns with ASIC. Additionally ...

New index pinpoints volatility, products on way

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... down. Risk control is a strong space for us." Maguire said heightened volatility in the market meant risk management was paramount. "This new Daily Risk Control 12% Index enhances market transparency and measurability of risk, pre-requisites to effective ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... from 2.4 per cent in February. The ECB fears that although core consumer prices remain low at 1.0 per cent, "It is of paramount importance that the rise in HICP inflation does not lead to second-round effects in price and wage-setting behaviour and thereby ...