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GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... Advisors. GROW Super's MySuper fees at 1.33% are significantly lower than other recently launched boutique superannuation products but this places them slightly higher than the average retail MySuper product. Members willing to pay a higher 1.85% fee ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... services have warned against the introduction of a government-appointed panel to select the eligibility of superannuation products for employer or employee choice. In various submissions to the Productivity Commission's draft report on alternative models ...

Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... part of the latest edition of the Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report, analysed more than 500 superannuation products and 5000 extra product features. Research conducted for the Benchmarking report underpins Rainmaker's SelectingSuper product ...

Unconscionable super cross-selling will continue: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... failed to address some of the "unconscionable" remuneration practices undertaken by banks to cross-sell superannuation products and nothing is being done to curb this, Industry Super Australia says. In response to the independent review on retail banks' ...

Adviser contravenes FoFA obligations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Corporations Act. WRM is licensed to advise retail clients about, and deal in, life risk insurance and superannuation products. WRM authorises advisers, generally employed by WRM's corporate authorised representative Yes FP, who provide personal financial ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Australians are missing out on thousands in retirement savings due to confusing superannuation products according to consumer advocacy group CHOICE. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Life Insurance Industry in Sydney and Melbourne ...

Equity Trustees flags acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... trustee of Bendigo's SmartStart Super, SmartStart Pension, SmartOptions Super and SmartOptions Pension superannuation products. Equity Trustees (EQT) managing director Mick O'Brien confirmed his company is in discussions to acquire Sandhurst's estates ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... application without his client's knowledge or consent. "Any advice to switch existing life insurance and superannuation products must be in the client's best interest," ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said. "Where there is nothing in the client's relevant ...

Is default super dated?

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... system. The Productivity Commission is examining alternative models for placing Australians into default superannuation products and begins its study with a "no default" baseline. This baseline has the support of the Financial Services Council, who said ...

ASIC bans Brisbane life adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... from Affinia regarding systemic concerns about the advice provided by Young in relation to insurance and superannuation products. Following the departure of Young from Affinia and the identification of these concerns, Affinia reviewed all advice provided ...