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Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... by D&M research of 1,000 Australian voters, two out of three respondents want an independent review of the system. "Australians are angry about the dominance of the major banks," Abacus CEO Louise Petschler said. "[Our] Balance Banking campaign will ...

Rubik acquires Provisio

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
Rubik Financial, an ASX-listed global financial technology company, today announced a conditional agreement to acquire Provisio Software. Provisio is a significant player in the scaled and online advice markets providing software to large super fund ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... of super fund members will be unveiled in July and if the founding committee gets it right, the centre could help Australians add at least $4 billion more to their retirement kitty. The Centre for Superannuation Consumers is due to kick off on July 1 ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... asked SMSF trustees to develop "a strong, collective voice to retain superannuation as the main savings vehicle for Australians in retirement." "The debate has moved from assisting people to be self sufficient in retirement and what's required to achieve ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are running sophisticated investment fraud schemes aimed at robbing Australians' of their life savings. This is usually done by tricking them into buying securites such as shares which do not exist, he ...

UBS and ME Bank launch high interest cash account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
UBS and ME Bank have launched a high interest cash account service for superannuation fund members based on UBS's direct investment platform for superannuation funds. AustralianSuper is the first superannuation fund to offer the cash account as part ...

DomaCom to partner with Perpetual on new platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... Super Funds (SMSF) market as well as long term investors. It will also provide an equity release service for senior Australians to access capital while guaranteeing income and capital growth for the next generation. According to DomaCom, the new platform ...

Politicians move 'super' goal posts at their peril

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... at HLB Mann Judd Sydney. However, recent research by National Seniors Australia has reveals that more than half of Australians aged over 45 (who follow superannuation) believe the rules change too often with almost 40% - who are still working - claiming ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Despite experts warning of a bond bubble, US mutual fund investors poured US$304 billion into bond funds last year. According to figures from the US Investment Company Institute, the bond fund inflows trounced the $153 billion that was withdrawn from ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Against the backdrop of intense political debate, Mercer has released research which it states proves Australians do not receive unfair tax advantages through superannuation. Today Mercer said that its research "defused" the hotly debated idea that ...