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Insurance maybe the key factor to Choice

The Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) believes the quality of death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance coverage could be as big a factor for superannuation fund members to consider, when selecting a fund under the Choice ...

Industry funds strike back at FPA

Industry Funds Services (IFS) head Garry Weaven has hit back at accusations by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) that fee claims in an industry super funds advertisement were incorrect. "The Financial Planning Association is wrong with its statement. ...

Super budget for funds management

The budget delivered for the superannuation and funds management industry last night, abolishing the superannuation surcharge and assigning $16 billion to its 'Future Fund' for unfunded public service superannuation liabilities. The government has allocated ...

Government releases FSR refinements

In an attempt to improve the operation of the Financial Services Regulation (FSR) framework the Federal Government has released a series of 25 refinements to the regime. The fine-tuning to the framework was made to help clarify the obligations industry ...

SwimEC off to flying start

After seven years in the making the financial services industry has launched its swimEC electronic standard, which aims to standardise electronic superannuation transfers across the industry. The swimEC (superannuation, wealth and investment management ...

IFSA claims superannuation fees down but debate fires up

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released figures and analysis claiming that superannuation fees and charges have fallen across the industry and the price differences between some retail and industry funds is very close. ...

Colonial launches new initiatives in response to choice

Colonial will be launching a contribution splitting and direct credit facility in response to addressing administration burdens from the up coming choice of fund legislation. The FirstChoice SuperSplit -contribution splitting facility is aimed to address ...

IFSA says international tax bill will attract $15 billion in capital inflow

IFSA has welcomed the passage of the New International Tax Arrangements Bill through the Senate, which will pave the way for the removal of capital gains withholding tax on income repatriated overseas. "We expect the measure to attract some $15 billion ...

Super choice will place more emphasis on planners' professional development

Mercer Wealth Solution has implemented five new professional development and compliance procedures after the wealth manager predicted the key to financial adviser survival in the choice of fund environment will be dependant upon his or her continual ...

FPA pushes members to adopt tighter conflict of interest guidelines

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on members to appoint Conflict Officers, conduct business wide audits and issue declarations stating conflicts of interests have been removed. The steps are part of a guidance paper released by the ...