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New approved audit forms now available

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
APRA has released the Approved Audit Report Form for superannuation funds with reporting periods commencing on or after 1 July 2012. The regulator noted that the form has been revised to accommodate some strategic changes. These include removal of Part ...

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Austpac Group has launched a mortgage income fund where investors can choose the loan to which they wish to be exposed. Austpac Group is a diversified, privately-owned, property-based management group that was founded in 2009 by Bill Boerkamp in association ...

Two-thirds US clients don't understand fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Two-thirds of US wealth management clients don't know how their financial product providers are paid, according to new research from Boston-based Cerulli Associates. The research shows how Australia is not the only nation debating investment, pension ...

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 ...

ATO upgrades SMSF and SuperSeeker website

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is conducting a survey of SMSF trustees to investigate if it should put more SMSF tax interpretations on their website. To ascertain the type of SMSF information trustees and service providers want, they are conducting ...

MySuper still ontrack despite low license applications

ALEX DUNNIN, LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
The number of superannuation funds applying for a license to run a MySuper product is likely to fall well short of expectations, but rather than suggest MySuper is flawed policy, it highlights how it is fundamentally an internal industry issue rather ...

MoneySmart fin lit schools kits now even more hi-tech

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
ASIC will release later this month the next round of digital classroom activities guides and resources designed to help primary school teachers promote financial literacy. The resources are part of the ASIC MoneySmart initiative and revolve around the ...

Super assets up 15% to $1.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Super funds have staged a massive bounceback, reclaiming $192 billion to post the fastest annual asset growth in two-and-a-half years to reach $1.508 trillion. Driving the growth in the APRA reported figures is the 12% average return, according to SelectingSuper ...

Rethinking the value of asset consultants

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
From being the facilitator and ideas generator, today's breed of asset consultants are fast morphing into self-contained institutional investment platforms. Following a recent restructure, Russell Investments new chief executive for the Asia Pacific ...

Anxiety over 'all-things super' takes toll on MySuper uptake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... than 150 applications for a MySuper license, 40% down on its original estimate of around 250. Rainmaker director of research Alex Dunnin believes that a lack of confidence in the superannuation system, particularly in terms of regulatory certainty, could ...