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SelectingSuper awards super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
The 2015 superannuation fund of the year has been recognised at the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards in Melbourne. HOSTPLUS has taken the gong, which Rainmaker's statement said "[reflects] its complete low-cost offering and strong, consistent performance ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggested the nation's super system is more than four decades from maturity. The view has merit in the sense there are many Australians yet to spend their entire working life committed to compulsory superannuation guarantees. ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Australia may have the most adequate pension system in the world but it doesn't necessarily guarantee it being the most sustainable. Rankings for the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped ...

Bond King Gross files $200m suit against PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... PIMCO fund has returned some 1.7% in US dollar return while the Janus fund has lost 2.5%. PIMCO said the claims are without merit and it will respond fully "in due course."

Super to fund Aussie infrastructure: Shorten

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... and so that capital can be recommitted to new projects." It is a plan that federal treasurer Scott Morrison said "has some merit." In an interview on Melbourne radio yesterday, Morrison said productive infrastructure was one of the key things needed ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
ASIC has banned a former Genesys financial adviser. Lukas Zelka was an authorised representative of AMP-owned Genesys Wealth Advisers from 2009 to 2011; after working at Jigsaw Support services for a year, he moved to another AMP licensee, Charter Financial ...

ASIC bans former NAB-aligned adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
ASIC has banned a former adviser from Meritum Financial Group, which is wholly owned by NAB. Alfie Chong worked at Meritum from September 2005 to March 2006, and then July 2007 to June 2014. During that time, ASIC has alleged that Chong engaged in a ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... choose their own super fund and rely on their employer to place them in a high performing fund. These funds are selected in a merit-based process overseen by the Fair Work Commission," said ISA chief executive David Whiteley. "The FWC process puts competitive ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... retirement incomes system that is fair and sustainable for the long term. "Some of the ideas ACOSS has put forward have merit and we welcome their input in the discussion, especially their call to government to take off the table the proposal to change ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Westpac and Commonwealth Bank-owned Count Financial are among the 10 licensees forced to undertake corrective action following concerns by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns about financial advice relating to complex ...