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Super assets reach $1.23 trillion

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... per cent ($9.1 billion) to $218.9 billion, public sector funds by 3.3 per cent ($5.5 billion) to $172.6 billion, retail funds by 2.6 per cent ($8.7 billion) to $345.7 billion, and corporate funds by 1.6 per cent ($0.9 billion) to $59.9 billion. Contributions ...

Super has no competition, no innovation: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... contentious because it is widely accepted that Australia does not have enough financial advisers to reach all members of retail funds. In anycase, he said, the concept of commissions being seen as advice-related payments is only a recent public policy ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... June 2007. Self-managed super (SMSF) held its lead as the biggest segment with $384 billion in assets, followed by retail funds (platforms and legacy retail) with $335 billion, industry funds with $206 billion, public sector funds with $164 billion and ...

Planners should already be fiduciaries

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... said Power. The ongoing battle over these issues means "consumers are merely collateral damage in the war between retail funds and industry funds," said Power.

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... Michael Dwyer (First State Super, representing public sector funds) and Jim Minto (Tower Australia, representing retail funds). Jane Paskin (Clayton Utz) and Linda Elkins (Russell Investments) were elected to represent service providers. Nicolette Rubinsztein ...

Perkovic moves from Count to CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Bissaker, chief executive at Colonial First State, said Perkovic's appointment is significant, given her experience in retail funds management and advice business. In the new role, Perkovic will be responsible for the distribution of Colonial First State's ...

Perennial recruits investment specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... products and how to help planners and licensees build great portfolios for their clients," said Brian Thomas, head of retail funds management at Perennial Investment Partners. John Negri has 21 years experience in funds management primarily in client ...

Industry funds not undermining confidence: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... annual conference of the Australian Advisers Association (AFA). "Choice of fund was introduced at the behest of the retail funds. We do better ads than retail funds and you want the ads banned." Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA, said the success ...

Murphy takes over the reins at BNY Mellon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... institutional investors and other intermediaries worldwide. Before joining Macquarie, Murphy worked in the local retail funds business at Deutsche Bank and also worked across product development and marketing roles at Prudential and Citibank. "The sophistication ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... charge 1.05 per cent in total, which is 0.38 per cent admin fee and 0.67 per cent in investment management fees. Retail funds, on average, charge the most, which is 1.46 per cent, excluding advice costs. However, Deloitte partner Michael Monaghan said ...