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Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Challenger Retirement Fund has signed up to the electronic SuperStream rollover gateway, a move that could reduce some of its admin costs to a fraction of where they are today. The Fund said it is the first superannuation fund to sign up to the ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s latest report on the supervision of markets and participants shows that the regulator has significantly reduced the time it takes to start investigations of suspicious market conduct. Of ...

AFA ramps up membership campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) hopes to attract at least 1,000 more new members by the end of 2013, AFA CEO Brad Fox told Financial Standard. The organisation has just registered a record on new memberships in a roadshow after 151 financial ...

HESTA MySuper option gains approval

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
HESTA is the latest fund to be granted approval by the regulator APRA to offer a MySuper product. The option will be centred around the highly successful HESTA Core Pool, an investment choice that already has a long established performance track record ...

Combined Super gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Combined Super, previously named Combined Fund, received the authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to offer a MySuper product. The industry fund for workers in education and related sectors, is one of the first funds ...

Game changer in six months: AMP SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
AMP Group's self-managed super fund business is now managing more than 9,100 SMSF accounts, more than treble the number it managed in the first half of last year. AMP has been able to position its business in the SMSF market and has become one of the ...

State Street launches investment governance tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
State Street Corporation has launched a series of investment analytics tools to help superannuation funds prepare for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) prudential standard SPS 530 on investment governance. The tool allows trustees ...

AFA mulls fresh approach to FOFA code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is still looking for a practical approach to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Code of Conduct requirement, AFA newly appointed CEO Brad Fox said. "The first opt-in obligation does not kick in until July  ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
A new consumer centre designed to champion the rights of super fund members will be unveiled in July and if the founding committee gets it right, the centre could help Australians add at least $4 billion more to their retirement kitty. The Centre for ...

No fuss transition to 'no frills' super: Sunsuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Sunsuper's transition to MySuper was simple and easy, Sunsuper general manager of Product Andrew Nicholson said after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) granted the Queensland-based fund the first MySuper authorisation. "Our philosophy ...