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MLC claims "first mover" on "fee for service"

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
NAB/MLC have announced that their high-end financial planning group, Godfrey Pembroke, will mandate that all planners be remunerated purely by fee for service, believing it is a "first move" for a major player in the industry that has become caught ...

Macquarie buys insolvent Canadian mortgage funder

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Macquarie Bank will buy Canadian mortgage funder Cervus Financial Group Inc - currently in bankruptcy protection - for A$15 million. According Canadian media reports, Cervus has around A$1.2 billion in loans under management for a market share of less ...

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
In recounting the significant superannuation changes over his 30 years in the industry, chief executive officer of FuturePlus, Brett Westbrook, said that MERs would become a thing of the past but disclosure was still haunting us. Westbrook was recounting ...

Rivals join hands for AustralianSuper

Walking down the aisle with two brides? The soon-to-merge STA/ARF mega fund AustralianSuper will retain both JANA and Frontier to provide asset consulting for the fund's combined $20 billion portfolio. Under the arrangement that will come into effect ...

Super Budget benefits all around: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
The Federal Budget opened up promising new opportunities for clients planning their retirement and fresh options for advisers, according to AXA's analysis. Technical services manager, Lachlan Semple, said the Federal Budget was a resounding success ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
The 11th Costello Budget, drawing almost universal praise from the superannuation industry, is tailor made to boost savings from lackluster boomers while its red tape reductions should see advisers get back to actually being advisers. "ASFA's calls ...

Fees are going up, but it wasn't meant to be

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Market pressure due to super choice was meant to drive down fees. But fees are going up. Why? The answer is primarily due to the impact of the ASIC fee template. Yes, it's the government's fault. Not because compliance costs have added to super fund ...

ACT govt goes to super tender

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
In potentially one of the biggest ever tenders of its type, the ACT government has gone to market to find a default super fund for its employees. The tender is being driven by the ACT government's need to find a default super fund for its estimated ...

Netwealth upgrades with even more flexibility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
Platform provider netwealth has just released details of its 2006 product upgrades, including greater provision for hedge fund investments, listed warrants, allocated and transitional pensions and more flexible insurance premiums. Netwealth's latest ...

CSRF gets serious on insurance and currency

The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) has beefed up its insurance cover and brought two currency specialists on board ahead of its public offer debut in July. The fund's general manager Greg Cantor has said that they have appointed ...