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Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... reforms if they are successfully repealed. However, he did not express a strong opinion on the question of whether the awards system should be opened to competition, telling media the issue was "not front of mind." On a more positive note, Bowen expressed ...

Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... cases, and you wonder why. Does the customer really understand it? Do they really want it?" He said the industry's focus on awards such as Life Company of the Year may be having a negative impact by driving complexity in products, as well as poor underwriting ...

Brogden rejects cross-selling enticement fears

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... in response to claims from Industry Super Australia that, in the event that superannuation was removed from industrial awards, banks would use dubious methods to cross-sell their superannuation products. But FSC chief executive John Brogden said offering ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... as a "potential total cost of the changes." The report also argued that the removal of some default funds from certain awards could cause major systemic upheaval. It cited areas such as liquidity risk, operational risk, the risk that some small delisted ...

AustralianSuper awards residential property mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
AustralianSuper plans to increase its holdings in direct Australian residential property in a new deal with property managers QIC and ISPT. There was no dollar figure attached to the 'mandate' - rather, QIC and ISPT will look for investment opportunities ...

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 ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... stand in the way of such an agreement, guaranteeing a continued battle for some time to come: namely, FoFA, and modern awards. Industry funds such as those Whiteley represents rely heavily on the modern awards system to gain new members and hold on to ...

Sunsuper prepares for end of super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Industry super funds should ready themselves for the removal of superannuation from the modern awards system, according to Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley. Six months into his role at the fund, the former NAB exec told Financial Standard he thought ...

Credit Suisse named best UHNW bank in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... outstanding institution for its Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) service offering ($50 million plus) at the Australian Private Banking Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The Australian Private Banking Awards are organised by financial services intelligence ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014