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Government establishes superannuation fund for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The government will establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF). As part of the new arrangements ADF members will be able to choose which superannuation fund they belong to and, for the first time ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Age pension eligibility, infrastructure and the deficit look likely to take prominent position in tonight's budget, described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as bringing "pain with purpose." However, superannuation and financial services are expected ...

QIC hires exec from Guardians of NZ Super Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Guardians in 2008 and had an integral role in the team that developed the Fund's investment strategy, in particular the development of its reference portfolio and strategy. "It speaks loudly of Neil's expertise and contribution that he has been sought ...

David Rae wins Count Adviser of the Year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... award. The award recognises advice excellence, good client outcomes and a commitment to best practice and professional development. The Commonwealth Bank-owned group announced the awards during a conference in Shanghai. Rae told Financial Standard that ...

Equip to launch pension version of MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Danielle Press has revealed. The product is designed to be a default pension fund for members in the MySuper product. Its development preempts a possible move to extend the MySuper regime to the retirement phase. Speaking at the Australian Institute ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... allocation to equities in the world, at 54%, according to a 2013 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). SMSFs too follow this trend and have Australian equities as their primary asset class, followed by cash. "Cash ...

First transaction takes place on ASX mFund service

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... distribution side. "They have been very supportive of the whole process and have made themselves available during the development of the framework and integral in conversations with the regulator," he told Financial Standard. The launch was hosted at ...

BNP Paribas appoints custody product head

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... asset and fund services (AFS) in Australia. Burman is responsible for market research and analysis, service offer development and management, product line management and sales support. He brings over 20 years of industry experience to the position, including ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... with a request to list ISA as a respondent. However, ISA did not expect to be listed as the first respondent. This development suggests that the FSC's action against the constitution of the Fair Work Commission's Expert Panel - which has no official ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... and by extension, the overall economy. It's nice to know that the mighty Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) thinks the same way. In its latest Economic Outlook report, the OECD warned that, "Given the near-term uncertainties ...