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Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Around 650,000 Australian workers are missing out on almost $2.5 billion annually because their employer does not make mandatory superannuation contribution, according to a new study by Tria Partners. The research, which was commissioned by Cbus, REST ...

MyState Financial becomes MyState Bank

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Listed banking and wealth management group MyState Limited has changed the name of its Tasmanian-based banking subsidiary, MyState Financial, to MyState Bank, following approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The company ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after an almost flat end to trading in on Wall Street and a fall in metals prices. At 0651 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,262. The stock market in ...

Poor advice forces changes to SMSF practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
A self-managed super fund (SMSF) advice business has been forced to improve its advice processes over concerns that it was providing poor advice to clients. Melbourne-based Interprac Financial Planning agreed to address concerns from the Australian ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Natasha Fenech has a talent for coming up with strategies to solve problems and a passion for all things precise. She has combined the two during more than 24 years in financial services and, most recently, as AMP self-managed super fund (SMSF) business' ...

MySuper hurts low balance members: UniSuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Members with very low balances are considerably worse off under the MySuper flat fee rules, according the UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan said that since the MySuper rules did away with member protection, in some cases members ...

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Regulation of superannuation should be designed for the whole of life, incorporating accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission ...

Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
The share market has improved from a weak start but remains lower due to price falls for the big banks and supermarket giants. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said high yielding stocks were being sold by investors. "The banks particularly continue to ...

YBR Funds Management rebrands, launches new fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has rebranded its funds management business under the new name 'Smarter Money Investments Pty Ltd' (SMI). The rebranding also coincides with the launch of a new fixed income fund, Smarter Money Higher Income Fund, which focuses ...