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Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Custodians are fiercely competing to win the business of Australia's largest superannuation funds, with some trading in short-term commercial gain in exchange for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays' ...

OneVue pitches Managed Accounts to industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Managed account provider OneVue is pitching its services to industry super funds that may be looking to add low cost platform functionality in an effort to meet the investment needs of high-end fund members who may otherwise be tempted to set up their ...

No cut to age pension in this term: Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said there will be no change to the age pension in this term of parliament, putting an end to speculation that the pension would be cut back in next month's budget. However, the PM used his address to the Sydney Institute ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Custodians have been offering their services to superannuation funds for free in a move to undercut the competition. Financial Standard understands that Citi, for example, provided an 18-month fee holiday to HOSTPLUS, whose business it won from J.P. ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

TPB releases tax advice definition in YouTube video

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has listed in a YouTube video the five requirements that advisers need to meet to comply with the definition of tax advisers. In a video uploaded to the TPB's YouTube channel last week, the organisation's chair Ian ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Financial System Inquiry should look into ways of making direct investment in infrastructure and corporate bonds more accessible to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently ...

EQT to buy ANZ Trustees for $150m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
ANZ will sell its ANZ Trustees business to Equity Trustees (EQT) and form a new strategic relationship with the financial services provider involving a range of client referral and service arrangements. The transaction is expected to be completed in ...

Could MySuper free-for-all lead to illegal inducements?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The removal of super from modern awards could see the big banks employing illegal or dubious methods to get new employers to sign up to their MySuper products, according to Cbus chief executive David Atkin. Currently, super funds wishing to provide ...

NGS Super lifts premiums for older members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
NGS Super has unveiled the design of its new insurance offering, provided by the fund's existing group insurer CommInsure, to be launched on 1 July this year. The new deal involves significantly higher premiums and lower total and permanent disability ...