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Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Only one in 10 in bank customers have their personal super with their bank, showing that banks are missing a huge cross-selling opportunity. Roy Morgan Research has just released a report that shows that only than 10.4% of the personal customers of ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... lack of growth reinforces how investors are beginning to by-pass the previously popular sector in favour of self managed super funds and other retail channels such as separately managed accounts, direct placements into the share market, bank term deposits ...

Former Bell Potter adviser sentenced to 5 years jail

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced in to five years jail with a non-parole period of three years and nine months for fraudulent conduct that cost investors more than $1.6 million. The sentence comes after an Australian Securities ...

Managed funds survive ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... during 2012. The research also found that 47% of the estimated 69,500 ETF investors were purchasing through self managed super funds (SMSF). The study surveyed 10,425 investors and 822 advisers on their experiences and usage of ETFs.

Superfund Wholesale's new tool cuts SMSF set-up to 20 mins

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... Wholesale said the concept was born out of what it identified as a 'disconnect' between the advisor recommending a self managed super fund and the administrator looking after the initial setup and ongoing compliance. "The SMSF iSystem is an easy to use ...

ANZ provides banking services to DomaCom

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... occur online immediately in a system similar to the online trading of shares. The platform "will provide the self managed super fund market with a new property investment option and help facilitate suitable asset allocation," ANZ Financial Institutions ...

One third of SMSF advice is poor: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
An ASIC report examining the quality of financial advice received by self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and potential trustees has found that while most advice quality is adequate, there is a trend towards recommending SMSFs as the default solution. ...

Planners must boost SMSF specialisation: SPAA

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
Financial planners must expand their skill set to offer advice on linking self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to other business structures SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) membership and business development director Richard ...

Superannuation reforms will affect few: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... million in super. ASFA said the confusion has arisen due to the fact that many superannuation funds, including Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs), may have double digit returns this year, largely driven by increases in share prices in Australia and overseas. ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten indicated that Labor plans to "improve" super at the sixth Super Roundtable held yesterday as part of the Gillard Government's reform agenda. Shorten hosted the roundtable that brought ...