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Avoid overly conservative target date investing: RiceWalker

Increasing longevity means fund members should avoid investing in life-cycle products that push them too early into conservative investments. In their latest Analysis paper called "Investment strategies in Australian Superannuation Funds", RiceWalker ...

Ten days or less to act on requests: ASFA

... the comsumer and institutional side which needed to be balanced, btu that 10 days for a turnaround was reasonable. "In a choice of fund environment, members have a right to expect their request to switch to another fund to be executed promptly. At the ...

Education drives choice: Plum

... succeeded where most super funds have failed, spurring more than three-quarters of its 110,000-strong members to exercise choice. The Melbourne-based company is a corporate superannuation specialist with a twist. It administers the Plum Superannuation ...

Finsia surges ahead to 20,000 members

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
... education experience of more than 160 years behind us, Finsia is clearly positioned as the financial services educator of choice," he added. Finsia are also ramping up their education offerings, with the introduction of the Diploma of Financial Services ...

Gen X and Y oblivious to super choice: Max Super

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Generation X and Y consumers don't understand superannuation and are reluctant to exercise choice, mainly through ignorance, according to a Max Super survey that it says will add weight to proposed super changes to be submitted to government next week. ...

PSS and CSS boards to merge

... [their] investments." But pointing to how public sector super funds are under just as much competitive pressure through super choice and regulatory developments as regular industry funds or commercial funds like master trusts, she added, "This is a rational ...

Navigator expands menu

... accounted for 50 per cent of the platforms' new investment flows - Fechner said, "It is important that we provide a range of choice to more niche-style investment types." The Navigator platforms now offer more than 190 different investment options.

Advice is cheap compared to tax return fees

... January that 1.3 million Australians now either lodge their tax returns directly or through the e-tax internet portal. Super choice is expected to encourage a much greater uptake of direct channel super fund products like industry funds and simpler no-advice ...

Fidelity doubles commitment to Australia

... services sector," he said. "Fidelity's decision to base its regional services centre here confirms that Sydney is a viable choice as a financial centre, not only in Australia but across Asia...It says a lot about our workforce, which I would argue is ...

ASIC launches TAP calculator

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new term allocated pension (TAP) calculator to assist in retirement planning, while at the same time upgrading its superannuation calculator. The TAP calculator will be relevant ...