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Industry funds not undermining confidence: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Complaints by the retail fund sector that the industry fund campaign is undermining confidence in superannuation and advice have been rejected by the Industry Superannuation Network. "We were the only group that was advertising and marketing during ...

Today is the International Day of Older Persons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
By lunchtime today Australia's population is expected to break through 22 million, there are 2.7 million Australians over the age of 65 and today is the International Day of Older Persons. This year sees the tenth anniversary of the day, first proclaimed ...

Shareholders remove van Eyk Three Pillars board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... McCullagh and independent directors David Iliffe and Andrew Grant will be replaced by the advisory group's executives Alan Dixon, Alex MacLachlan, Chris Brown and Chris Duffield. "We're obviously pleased with the result and we're looking to restore value ...

F1 scandal forces ING to dump Renault early

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
ING has terminated its global sponsorship of the Formula One Renault Team early as fallout continues to dog the sport and the sponsors following the Renault F1 cheating scandal. An investigation into a plan to deliberately crash at last year's Singapore ...

Streamline super concessions to boost contributions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Rather than complain about superannuation complexity, the Industry Super Network has proposed a complete reworking of tax concessions around contributions that they argue will not only significantly improve superannuation equity but boost contribution ...

UniSuper appoints key advice execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
UniSuper appointed Jason Holandsjo as manager of operations & product and Alex Aracas as national practice manager in the super fund's financial advice department. Holandsjo joins UniSuper from Australian Unity Personal Finance Services where he worked ...

Veritate $1m payment not linked to Sunsuper investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
An investigation by forensic accountants at Deloitte has found the $1 million payment to Veritate Pty Ltd was not linked to Sunsuper's $100 million investment into the Trinity Property Trust. Following release of the report, Trinity has apologised to ...

Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Banning adviser commissions would fix conflict of interest distortions but the price may be advice becoming too expensive, and the advice industry becoming unsustainable, said Treasury in its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry. "Such a ban would eliminate ...

APRA launches data revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
APRA has released its fund level returns data and in the process launched a revolution in the extent of data now available for researchers investigating superannuation. Data now available includes, for each fund, details of what they provide to the ...

AFM appoints senior insto account leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
AFM Investment Partners have appointed a senior institutional sales manager to lead their key account management and consultant relations strategy. Craig Barnes, who has held senior positions with Centro Properties, HSBC, Austock and National Asset ...