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Super fees fall to 1.23%

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Super fund fees have fallen to 1.23% but increased to $18.6 billion on the back of rising assets under management, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The researcher has just released their annual superannuation fee report that analysed fees offered ...

Rate cut impacts SMSFs, retirees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points may impact self-managed super funds (SMSF) and retirees, meaning that financial advisers may have to work with them to seek other sources of income. Retirees and SMSFs ...

Curve ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

NTAA keen to establish referral relations with advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The National Tax Accountants Association (NTAA) said that the majority of its members want to continue to provide advice to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), and added that they are keen on establishing referral relations with financial planners. ...

Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The industry has reacted positively to Thursday's joint announcement that the Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) will form a union. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Investors must not unfairly mark down structurally sound Asia Pacific economies following the disappointing recent performance of the emerging markets region as a whole, according to Standard Life Investments investment director, global strategy Jason ...

Most planners are aligned, consumers think otherwise

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
In an environment of increasing industry concentration, most financial advisers belong to an aligned dealer group, but their clients seem to think otherwise. About 28% of financial advisers belong to an independent dealer group and their funds under ...

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Women's superannuation contribution rates would need to be 7% higher than men's in order to achieve gender equality, a study has found. Research by Michael E Drew and Anup K Basu, entitled 'The Case for Gender-Sensitive Superannuation Plan Design' ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
South Korean investors are likely to pour $1 billion of direct investment into Australian property and infrastructure, according to The Trust Company. The money will largely come from South Korea's National Pension Scheme, the fourth largest pension ...

Tax rules put off overseas fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013