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Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... they play in the client's life.A It is vital that licensees and principals look to integrate these strategies into every modern practice." The Finalists are (in alphabetical order): Dominique Bergel-Grant, financial planner & founder, Leapfrog Financial ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Brogden, meanwhile, argued that the FWC system was "anti-competitive" and called for it to be abolished. Whiteley said: "[The modern awards] system accommodates a 'market failure' in our super system. Eight in ten workers do not choose their own fund. ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... catches up with James Fernyhough to talk retirement income, the value of asset consultants, and the future of super in modern awards. Kevin O'Sullivan has lived in Melbourne for the last 24 years, but his accent leaves no doubt that he is, in his own ...

FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... unconscionable," ISA said. The FSC, meanwhile, took the opportunity for renewing its call for superannuation to be removed from modern awards. Brag said: "Industry funds are now more expensive and offer lower returns than FSC member funds, but maintain ...

MySuper hurts low balance members: UniSuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... fund in that the vast majority - 95% - of its members join via enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) rather than through modern awards. This means that the majority of university employees have no choice but to join UniSuper. UniSuper has come up with ...

Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has called for superannuation default funds to remain within the modern awards system. In its second-round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) the employer group, which represents more than 6000 businesses ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... known as 'financialisation' where finance sector activity crowds out the real economy. Given that one of the reasons the modern superannuation system was developed was to create a pool of capital that would be available for nation building and capital ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... it's always fun to watch their predictable indignation especially when it ignores their own contradictions. Like how most modern super funds love choice so much they already let members choose from hundreds of managed investments, direct shares, Exchange ...

New report stokes 'Compare the Pair' flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... default funds," Whiteley said. His comments come as the industry and government are deliberating the appropriateness of the modern awards system, with bank-owned funds claiming the system for selecting default funds stifles competition. "Bank-owned super ...

Banks will struggle to profit from super: Sunsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... indicated that they will aggressively pursue the default market should it open up to general competition (currently the modern awards system means it is something of a closed shop). Hartley said he is proceeding on the assumption that it will open to ...