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Members dismiss intra-fund advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... pension fund," ASIC said. Industry Funds Services (IFS) chief executive Cath Bowtell flagged at the Conference of Major Super Funds in March that a working group is underway to urge regulators to expand the definition of intra-fund advice. Bowtell said ...

NFP intra-fund advice is not a distribution channel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... strong position to provide quality, low-cost advice to members. Bowtell flagged at the recent Conference of Major Super Funds that current intra-fund advice rules should be overhauled and industry associations are starting to take action. While the discussion ...

Indigenous super access needs improvement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people. Scheerlinck appeared on a panel at the recent Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) stating that one of super's key achievements is working with AUSTRAC on setting protocols for ATSI people identification. ...

Zero tolerance approach to poor culture needed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... getting culture right. Monash Business School professor Graeme Samuel, who appeared at the 2019 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) via video link, took a simplistic yet tough approach to solving the culture crises exposed by the Royal Commission. ...

Reforming bank culture rests on regulators: Silk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... what it takes to become good corporate citizens - if left to their own devices. Appearing at the Conference of Major Super Funds, Silk was asked whether the big banks have the ability to change poor culture of their own volition. "I don't know where ...

Super funds eye intra-fund advice shake-up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... The superannuation industry has its sights on lifting restrictions around intra-fund advice, the Conference of Major Super Funds has heard. Speaking on a panel discussing the future of advice in superannuation, Industry Funds Services (IFS) chief executive ...

NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... funds to be exemplary in terms of practices and performance. This was a key message at this year's Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), which kicked off at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday. Welcoming about 1000 delegates representing ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... that continuing to de-risk as you age is a terrible thing to do." Analysis by JPMAM shared at the Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane earlier this year showed aggregate spending patterns across the ages of entering retirement were surprisingly ...

GROW Super begins group insurance innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... financial advisers to develop digital capabilities across several engagement points. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane last week, GROW co-founder Mathew Keeley said the start-up - which only launched in May 2017 - is currently ...

Successful implementation of super code critical

STEPHEN FAY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
The Conference of Major Super Funds saw discussion on the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice move to issues of implementation as the code's subscription deadline looms. Superannuation funds have until March 30 to indicate whether ...