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Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
The government inquiry into the selection and ongoing assessment of default super funds has been broadly welcomed within the industry. Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten revealed on Friday that the Productivity Commission inquiry would start early ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The FOFA Tranche 2 reforms were tabled in parliament this morning, gaining industry support and reinforcing the Government's speed to move these reforms through both houses. Included in the Tranche 2 Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are the ...

AvSuper builds on its AllianceBernstein mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
AvSuper has increased its existing Australian Value mandate with AllianceBernstein to include global funds manager's Franked Australian Value service and improve the fund's after tax returns. The "significant allocation" to the value service is designed ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
A heated panel session between government and industry heavyweights about the FOFA reforms led to calls for a realistic debate and new government promises, with opt-in dominating the discussion. In a session at the Financial Planning Association's annual ...

Eaton Vance launches first Australian domiciled fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
The international arm of US investment management firm Eaton Vance has entered the Australian market with the launch of its first domiciled fund for institutional investors. The Eaton Vance International (Australia) Senior Loan Fund will be a wholesale ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is calling on the government to revoke plans to ban off market transfers with particular concern that larger funds are not subject to the same rules. The government's Stronger Super reforms package includes plans ...

Second generation platform consolidation push

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The industry trends driving Europe and Australia are highly comparable, according to software provider, Bravura Solutions, with next generational platform and wrap models across the wealth management industry now being forced to update to survive. The ...

Industry looks to draw line under reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
By comparing the government to a gestating sperm whale at the FSC conference, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten made light of slow progress implementing financial services reforms but patience is wearing thin within the industry. Shorten himself has ...

Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Towers Watson has so far been a net beneficiary from the spate of superannuation fund mergers, while acknowledging that consolidation presents the biggest single threat to the changing world of asset consulting. The firm, itself a product of a merger ...

Plum adds super lawyer to board

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Former chair of the Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee, Peggy Haines, has joined the Plum Superannuation Fund and the Plum Pooled Superannuation Trust as a board trustee. Haines, a senior superannuation and financial services lawyer ...