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APRA drafts new super guidelines

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
APRA's guidance on contribution, benefit accrual and payment standards are facing changes after the regulator released two new draft guidelines on the legislative requirements. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released two draft ...

MyState builds momentum with Rock merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Tasmania's biggest financial services firm MyState has agreed to a merger with Queensland based The Rock Building Society to form a combined business with $1.68 billion in funds under management and advice. MyState, which consists of MyState Financial ...

SPAA board appoints comms specialist

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's current head of corporate affairs and market development, has been appointed to the SPAA board in what the association hopes will be an asset to its upcoming policy advocacy campaigns and membership drive. Bowerman, also a ...

Help for advisers with super death tax impact on SMSFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees and financial advisors can participate in a webinar tomorrow on how to minimise the impact of the new "super death tax" draft ruling with anti-detriment law. Draft ruling TR 2011/D3, if enacted, will apply retrospectively ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
BT Investment Management will reduce its reliance on Australian revenues by acquiring London-based J O Hambro Capital Management in a $314 million deal that gives it access to a host of new markets. J O Hambro Capital Management is a boutique active ...

OnePath arms planners with post FOFA program

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
OnePath is aiming to help advisers adapt to life after FOFA with the launch of its FutureReady program, providing information updates and tools to help advice businesses implement fee for service. FutureReady features online technical papers, transition ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Members of the Australian financial services industry have received Queen's Birthday honours this year including advisers, super fund heads and regulatory figures. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super and Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

PC to review how defaults appointed to Awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The Productivity Commission will in 2012 review how default funds are appointed to Industrial Awards, said superannuation minister Bill Shorten, just one day after APRA released figures showing that the retail sector has again under performed the not-for-profit ...

Online SMSF training centre opens for trustees, advisers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
A new training centre for self-managed super fund trustees and financial advisers was launched yesterday, providing a much-needed resource for the burgeoning SMSF industry. The SMSF Academy is an online community and resource dedicated to helping those ...

Count, NAB targets SMSFs through SPAA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Major planning dealer groups including Count Financial and NAB Financial Planning are now targeting SMSF trustees through a newly-launched membership process by Self-managed super fund professionals association of Australia (SPAA). The streamlined process ...