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Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... remove barriers to the provision of low-cost, simple advice," he said. "Ultimately these reforms will encourage more Australians to seek financial advice and open up new revenue streams for financial planners." Minister Shorten said only 21 per cent ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Rainmaker research shows there were 32.8 million superannuation accounts in the same month - but only 11.4 million Australians have jobs. Many of those dormant accounts have life insurance policies leaving members, often unaware, paying fees for duplicate ...

Bank reaches for industry fund members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
ME Bank is seeking to increase its customer base of industry fund and union members by marketing a new home loan directly through the work place. The bank is owned by 33 industry superannuation funds including AustralianSuper and HESTA, giving it access ...

Nine to propel YBR into retail sector

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... need for a people's champion in retail financial services will put Yellow Brick Road on the path to change the way Australians build and manage their wealth," said Mark Bouris, executive chairman, Yellow Brick Road. The alliance hinges on the completion ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Industry fund Media Super is dressing up to be the belle of the merger ball and is looking to attract corporate funds, casting its eyes towards Fairfax. Ross Martin, chief executive of Media Super, today said that his fund had added new functional capabilities ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Women in Super (WIS) continues its push for better representation of women on executive boards, particularly super funds, through a new scholarship program. NSW WIS will fund the attendance of up to four NSW WIS members to a 'Women on Boards' Workshop ...

Roadmap to life insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... consumers?" "Surely the viability of our sector rests with making products and services appealing to the 45 per cent of Australians that have no life cover rather then churning and cannabilising our existing clients," said Summerhayes. Craig Meller ...

AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... reforms that make it more difficult to access advice in relation to building and protecting the wealth of everyday Australians make for bad policy - and we have never been afraid to label bad policy," he added. The AFA is a member of both the FOFA Peak ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
AustralianSuper hopes to get a more concrete measure of how much 'climate change risk' can affect the fund's long-term returns, hiring a consultant to analyse the impact of climate change on all its investment portfolios. The $37 billion fund said it ...

New index launched to track super knowledge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
One third of all Australians don't know what their employer pays into their super, according to research released at the Conference of Major Super Funds on the Gold Coast. The results of the first study in a biennial series, Tuning into Super, were ...