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Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
The public could soon have access to a new superannuation product called 'MySuper', which is free from trailing commissions, charges no contribution fees and is much easier to understand, under proposals outlined by the Cooper Review today. The preliminary ...

Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Gaming group Tabcorp will be moving the superannuation accounts of 250 NSW TAB staff affected by the collapse of Astarra to CareSuper. A Tabcorp spokesperson contacted by Financial Standard this morning said the company has written to the relevant workers ...

BT/Advance multi-manager makes stronger global push

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Advance Investment Solutions, the combined BT Financial Group and Advance multi-manager teams following the Westpac/St. George merger, has completed a year-long review of its manager list, and the new line-up is more global in flavour. Patrick Farrell ...

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
The global financial sector may be a shadow of its former self after the GFC but it is still a $9.1 trillion (US$8.5 trillion) market full of stocks ripe for the plucking, said fund manager Bennelong SGI Global Equities. Visiting Australia this month ...

Planner kayaks for men's health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
A financial planner will kayak 2,200 kilometres down the historic Murray River to raise public awareness for men's health. Partnering with Men's Health SA (South Australia), Securitor planner Garry Pinnington will start his 44-day journey on Monday ...

More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Almost all super funds will have a performance component built into the remuneration packages of their senior management within the next five years, and there are more fundamental changes ahead in the way super fund executives and staff get paid as ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
It is still too early to conclude that commissions-based insurance advice is affordable for the general public but two planning groups show that it can work for certain segments of the market. This month, MLC-owned planning group Godfrey Pembroke announced ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Almost a year on to the day Timbercorp fell, the future of the agribusiness industry remains on shaky ground - but proposed measures demanding agribusiness operators to open their books to the public, including how much debt they owe, could renew investor ...

PIS to step up competition in cash savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Professional Investment Services is staging an ambitious plan to become an all-round financial services outfit, providing products and services that have long been the domain of the big banks, including the all-important area of bank deposit products. ...

Planning firm to drop commission-based insurance advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
NAB-owned planning group Godfrey Pembroke has set in motion a strategy that will switch all of its planners out of providing commission-based advice on insurance and mortgages. The decision goes against common practice in the planning industry of maintaining ...