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Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... investment management fees are charged, whether it is an asset or percentage based arrangement. He told the audience at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia lunch yesterday that the review will look carefully at the structures of these ...

Charter needs legislative backing: ISN

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Industry Super Network welcomed IFSA's Super Charter but added the association's response needs legislative and regulatory backing. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) released the Super Charter which outlines a new way to pay ...

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... superannuation and financial adviser industry bodies have thrown their support behind the Investment and Financial Services Association's super charter. IFSA members have agreed on a charter that entails a new approach to the payment for financial advice ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Mercer, one of the country's largest asset consultants, is advising its institutional clients to allocate more funds with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton ...

IFSA launches superannuation Charter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
A new Super Charter launched by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), akin to an investor bill of rights, looks set to redefine wealth management industry practices. The "historic charter [will] create a fairer and more competitive ...

CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... remuneration and other conflicted remuneration to advisers. Titled 'Financial advice: is it in your interest?' campaign, the association is attacking what it believes is conflicted financial advice because many planners are paid in commission, asset-based ...

LGS boosts green power

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The $4.6 billion NSW-based Local Government Super has become the first building owner in Australia to convert all of its tenants to 100 per cent GreenPower - making the building completely emission free. LGS, which claims the move as an Australia-first ...

Admin savings for temporary residents

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... ASIC's announcement to measure their super in a way that will reduce admin costs. According to a media statement by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the move will see funds no longer have to provide exit statements to temporary resident ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... predominantly fee-for-service based advice by 2012, as proposed in a government submission by the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The question is, can this be applied to life insurance? It's worth stressing that FPA's recommendation to move away ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... contract was ten points higher at 3,959. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association release their Australian performance of construction index for May. In company news, OceanaGold Corporation and Paragon Care ...