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Kinetic Super to use IFS advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... penetration of the advice market and means that affordable and appropriate advice is now accessible to more and more Australians."

AusSuper's in-house plan to save $150m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
AustralianSuper has completed the first phase of its five-year plan to bring 30% of its investment management operations in house, including the addition of 23 new staff members. The industry fund said the first phase saw the "implementation of the ...

Advisers dismiss Medicare-style advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... it," she said. "I would love see something like Medicare or Legal Aid to increase the accessibility of advice to all Australians." Panellist Matthew Rowe responded: "I'm not sure that the government could afford at the moment to have a Medicare or some ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Warren Buffett and right hand man Charlie Munger, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and industry superstar George Soros. Australians on the list include the late Robert Maple-Brown, Platinum's Kerr Neilson, ex-pat CQS hedge fund legend Michael Hintze and ...

Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... launch, the one million member super fund has published a new survey from Galaxy Research, which showed that 75% of Australians would not be confident reviewing their investment options by themselves. Sunsuper's product general manager Andrew Nicholson ...

Platinum offers $15,000 financial planning scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... cement and uphold educational standards by rewarding promising students committed to a career in financial planning. "Australians have the right to feel confident in the educational qualifications and competence of people who call themselves financial ...

Fund members still resisting super engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Despite the considerable work by super funds to engage their memberships, two just released consumer surveys have again affirmed the difficulty they face in gaining traction among members. Engaged Marketing in its analysis of super fund Net Promoter ...

Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... in rewarding healthy behaviours in a bid to reduce the number of health insurance claims and improve the lives of Australians. "Good health is fundamental to Australia's future social and economic well-being," she said. ANPHA research says the biggest ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... enough retirement funds, according to the MLC Australian Wealth Sentiment Survey. The survey questioned more than 2000 Australians, with special emphasis on gender, age and location. The main finding was that when asked to rate their level of concern ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
The tendency for big super funds to move investment in-house is no cause for alarm for investment managers, according to Principal Global Investors chief executive Grant Forster. Forster said that while funds bringing investment in-house - such as AustralianSuper ...