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In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Asset consultants are jostling for position in a bid to combat the in-housing of super fund investment teams, with a variety of strategies emerging. At its recent annual Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, Towers Watson addressed superannuation fund CIOs some ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
A group of investors and prominent Australians, including former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and former Liberal leader John Hewson, have signed a statement supporting the Australian National University's right to divest from companies. The statement ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... the research showing that advisers want the AFA to focus on professional pathways and leadership strategies, be an active voice on policy issues and be better at engaging with the community. Fox said that the AFA would investigate market competition ...

Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... disallowance could still be tabled if Cormann does not give Williams a satisfactory response. Williams has been an active voice in expressing concern over financial advice legislation. In July 2013, he also tabled the request to start a Senate inquiry ...

Sunsuper launches 'online insights community'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... sentiment. In that time it has attract 2,500 members. Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley said the website would keep the "voice of the customer" and members' best interest front of mind. "The purpose of the community is to help us more deeply understand ...

ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... hands on my super... I'm with an industry super fund," and then makes the Industry SuperFunds sign with her hands. A voice over then says: "No sales incentives, run only to benefit members." "Our members can be confident that the funds which carry ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The superannuation industry has overwhelmingly focused on the shortfalls and challenges of the retirement phase of superannuation in the second round of submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its 140 page submission the Association of ...

SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
The self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry has downplayed concerns that it does not pay enough tax, arguing the same tax rules apply across the board. Responding to a front-page article in the Australian Financial Review today, SMSF Professionals' ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Dynamics" is the conference's theme this year. The captains of our money and the masters of our financial markets sang with one voice -- belabouring the slack, the underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong with this. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing German economic data and ahead of Wednesday's report on US retail sales. At 0804 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up four ...