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Sporting sponsorships do not breach sole purpose: Freehills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Super funds sponsoring sporting teams is more a question about how trustees manage their fund rather than being about the sole purpose test. Peggy Haines, partner with leading legal firm Freehills, speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association ...

Legacy product solution on its way

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
The issue of product rationalization is "firmly on the government's radar" and a policy will be finalized before the end of the year, according to a Treasury delegate, who addressed attendees at the IFSA annual conference last Friday. Manager for the ...

Tollhurst Noall signs up for managed accounts

Independent stockbroker Tolhurst Noall has launched its Managed Portfolio Service, underpinned by the separate managed accounts (SMA) platform provided by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM). The Managed Portfolio Service offers eight managed portfolio ...

FuturePlus trustee gets RSE

FuturePlus Super's trustee, Chifley Financial Services, has been granted its Registrable Superannuation Entity license by APRA, ahead of the June 2006 licensing deadline. Chair of Chifley, Bernie Riordan, said the licensing process gave FuturePlus members ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

In a bold move to answer the clarion call for a more transparent and flexible adviser fee structure, the largest platform provider in the country, National/MLC, has launched a 'fee for service' version of its flagship MasterKey product. This month ...

CARE awarded RSE

CARE Super (CARE) has received an RSE license, after getting their application in to APRA ahead of the 17 February deadline. While APRA wades through the remaining 231 applications before the end of June, CARE can rest easy satisfied that the bulk of ...

S&P gives local LIC thumbs down

S&P has given a 'not recommended' rating to local fund Global Masters Fund (GMF) which invests in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said that GMF, which is a listed investment company, is offering retail investors poor ...

S&P rates Macquarie's Fusion Funds

Standard and Poor's (S&P) have assigned Macquarie's Fusion Funds a "Recommended" rating, prior to the fund's November 9 application opening. S&P reports that the fund allows investors to get 100 per cent geared exposure to a selection of nine managed ...

Compliance is a profession: ACI

The Australian Compliance Institute (ACI) has announced a new accreditation program to formally acknowledge professionals working in the compliance industry. The accreditation covers all industries where compliance operates, including corporate, legal ...

JAS-ANZ backs international financial planning standards

The Joint Accreditation System of Australia & New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) has called for the financial planning industry to benchmark itself against international standards due for release by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) at the ...