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Social media strategy works: FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Social media use by the financial planning community is a simple, smart way for advisers to stay on top of new regulatory developments, exchange ideas and benefit their own practices according to the FPA. Latest figures released by the Financial Planning ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
A new service has been launched into Australia to help trustees tailor default investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian ...

ClearView moves on IFA market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Dealer group ClearView has reported the acquisition of three new IFA practices in addition to seven new APLs in an update to the market. The three IFA practices that have joined ClearView are TSG Financial Solutions, East Coast Consultants and Knightcorp ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
The number of Excess Contributions Tax notices issued in the 2009-10 financial year has spiked by almost 296%, according the latest statistical update from the ATO. The sharp incline from 15, 315 assessments issued in 2008-09 to 45,330 in 2009-10 is ...

Sunsuper simplifies transition to retirement

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Industry super fund Sunsuper has launched a new product designed for people approaching retirement, to use throughout their entire retirement phase in a bid to build Sunsuper's pension business. Launched this week, Sunsuper for life will manage a member's ...

More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Investors who rely on natural efficiency improvements to protect their resources portfolio may lose out, according to one UK fund manager. Once seen as 'nice to have', environmental resources are now viewed as limiting factors on economic growth in ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super upgrades clearing house

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
MLC MasterKey Business Super has upgraded its clearing house to make it easier and faster for employers to make superannuation contributions. MLC SuperEzy was first introduced in 2001 and has now been upgraded to keep pace with the changing super landscape. ...

HIP Super members get access to Best Doctors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Boutique industry fund HIP Super has pulled off a major coup and formed a partnership with the MLC Best Doctors service, claiming the deal was only possible because of its small size. MLC's Best Doctors is an exclusive service run out of the Harvard ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Super funds will need to engage with lifecycling, rather than simply relying on rebranded default options, according to super heavyweight Jeremy Cooper. This was the message delivered to an industry forum yesterday by the chairman of retirement income ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Bernanke, houses and confidence (or the lack of it) sent many on Wall Street clicking on the sell button last night. It was them! They were the ones that sent a many on Wall Street clicking on the sell button last night. It was Bernanke. In an interview ...