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Super funds drop fees after merger

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Superannuation funds Cuesuper and NGS Super reduced their fees in what is believed to be the first time a merger has resulted in lower costs for members. Tom Taylor, chairman of Cuesuper, speaking at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds 2011 in ...

ASIC cautions industry after US broker tweeted into suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Australian financial services professionals must be vigilant with their web presence as regulators close in on the social spaces to ensure fair trading and no misconduct. Online financial communities and forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter are emerging ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
An industry super fund head has said the idea that bigger super funds are cheaper for members is unfounded. John Livanas, chief executive of $1 billion meat industry fund AMIST Super, said smaller can be better and that mergers for the sake of merging ...

SMSF trustees are looking for mentors

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers need to ditch traditional advice models and become mentors to succeed in the self-managed superannuation market, an industry expert told the 17th Annual Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Symposium yesterday. Andrea Slattery, chief executive ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Challenger emerged as the biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader ...

Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
AMP affiliated planning group Hillross Financial Services has agreed to acquire IRIS Financial Group, winning a competitive process that attracted eight first round offers and saw four parties conduct due diligence. Hillross will provide licensee services ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
AMP has joined the chorus of retail funds who want the current award system opened to more competition, giving their superannuation funds greater access to default-fund advantage. AMP has tried repeatedly to join an industry award through Fair Work ...

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The superannuation industry is waiting to see the impact of the carbon tax on the ecomony, with funds already prepared for environmental investment thought to be best placed under the new impost. Nicky Richards, chief investment officer of MLC Investment ...

SMSFs may be banned from buying shares off-market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Self-managed super funds will be banned from buying or selling assets to related parties in off-market transfers if the Government adopts Stronger Super recommendations currently being considered. The proposed ban would mean that SMSFs would have to ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
"And did you think this fool could never win Well look at me, I'm coming back again I'm still standing yeah, yeah, yeah I'm still standing yeah, yeah, yeah." -Elton John, I'm Still Standing Oh yeah, oh yeah. Call it short covering or call it end-of ...