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Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... uncomfortable with their super fund's investment in such companies and would consider switching funds. Those that are likely to switch funds were mainly female. Saudi Arabia has been accused of committing human rights atrocities as part of the ongoing ...

Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
Rest is seeing an uptake to its recently launched low-cost indexed options thanks to the Barefoot Investor. Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle says since launching three indexed options last December, the influence of Barefoot Investor Scott Pape in simplifying ...

NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... of retail funds during 2018, while profit-to-member funds received record inflows. It wasn't just members who made the switch, employers did too. "Outraged at some of the behaviour and practices uncovered by the Royal Commission they decided to change ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... Germany, Italy (Europe ex-UK Core), UK and Japan, as well as satellite countries. It is also offered with the option to switch between Australian-dollar hedged (to $USD) and Australian-dollar unhedged. Financial Standard first reported about the global ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... successful lifestage products offered by award winning not-for-profit funds like First State Super and Sunsuper which don't switch asset allocations until the members are five to 10 years from retirement," Dunnin said. "Most life stage products offered ...

The $500k price tag on bad super choices

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
Sticking to a bad super fund could leave the average Australian worker more than $500,000 poorer over their lifetime, latest research from SelectingSuper found. The research considered an average employee's salary, fees and contributions over 45 ...

Roll-it Super expands offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... and saving patterns overtime. Roll-it Super launched in December 2018 to help members compare superannuation funds and switch to better, high-performing investments. It provides monthly performance, fees and benefits for the top 100 industry and retail ...

ASIC bans former NAB, CBA advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... years for life insurance churning. While authorised by CBA's Financial Wisdom, Geappen was found to have advised clients to switch from one insurance product to another, allowing him to generate commissions from providers. ASIC said the action against ...

Advice jobs are coming: Recruiter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Advisers and paraplanners face a year of booming job prospects, as the industry switches into hiring mode after a tough year of regulation, a large recruiting agency reports. According to the latest Hays Jobs Report, advice businesses sat on recruiting ...

Government needs to rethink CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... struggle. Many would like more relevant and simpler information to help them find and compare products and, if necessary, switch," it said. ISA responds In an emailed response, an Industry Super Australia spokesperson said that it supports the reassessment ...