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Only 13 MySuper products so far authorised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
The 1 July launch date of MySuper is just three months away and only 13 MySuper products have so far been authorised. The 13 products are those offered by AvSuper, Combined Fund, the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, HESTA Super, LUCRF, Media ...

ASIC releases draft super benefits calculator guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
ASIC has issued a discussion paper on its proposed policy for superannuation forecast calculators that clarifies assumption the regulator wants fund trustees to include. The paper also outlines what guarantees of protection they will grant if fund promoters ...

SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Draft legislation rules for self managed super funds on related party transactions has alarmed industry association SPAA, which claims the provisions are unnecessarily complex and will add compliance costs. The new provisions are contained in Schedule ...

Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Super funds build their systems around investment choices yet even in response to the GFC, only a small proportion of fund members changed their investments. A research paper just published in the Australian Journal of Management, titled 'Retirement ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Advisers in the US are recommending products to clients based on inadequate risk profiling assessments, according to research from Cerulli Associates. The result is that clients are being put into investment and risk products that don't suit their risk ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
ISPT, Cbus and Omega Global Investors have been announced as award recipients by the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for investment stewardship and innovation. The Melbourne Financial Services Symposium is held in conjunction with the Melbourne-based ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
The ASX has announced that most major companies now have a gender diversity policy but the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors says that just having a policy isn't enough, it's results that count. The ASX this morning, on International Womens ...

Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Dixon Advisory is transitioning its business across to full fee-for-service and to date, the results have been extremely positive. Tim Coates, associate director and head of property advisory at Dixon Advisory, said their fee for service revenue is ...

ETPs top $7bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Australia's 90 exchange traded products broke through the $7 billion barrier in February. According to the ASX Listed Managed Investments and ETPs report, the sector grew 37% in the previous 12 months to $7.175 billion, a growth rate of almost twice ...

ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
US Investment Company Institute (ICI) chief executive, Paul Schott Stevens, has blasted proposals for a transactions tax saying it's bad policy that will cost investors dearly. "A financial transaction tax is bad policy that substantially reduces the ...