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CBA integrates online business banking with MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has taken its campaign to become a major player in employer superannuation up a notch, integrating its business banking services and MySuper product on its online banking tool, NetBank. The integration of the two ...

What is the future of transition management?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The recent departure of J.P. Morgan from the transition management space - following the departure of Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon and Convergex - has brought the future of this under-the-radar industry into question. The departure of these four players ...

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
And a bounce, bounce here and a bounce, bounce there, everywhere a bounce, bounce. This, Virginia, was what Wall Street did overnight - it was up, then down, the back up again... all in a day's trade. It was up on good first quarter earnings reports ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said that an increase in the pension age should be accompanied by measures to protect older Australians who are unable to work longer. The statement follows a speech by Treasurer Joe Hockey ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Younger people are taking a more active interest in their superannuation, according to the latest quarterly MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. In a break from tradition where younger people have typically been disengaged with their savings, the survey found ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after decisive rises on Wall Street following better-than-expected retail sales figures. At 0800 AEST on Tuesday the June share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,370. US March retail sales ...

Cbus to launch 'self-managed' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Industry fund Cbus will launch a member direct investment (MDI) option in mid-2014, following the lead of a number of other industry funds seeking to stem the flow to self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Referring to the new option as a 'self-managed product' ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s top officials admitted that the regulator could have done more to prevent poor advice and malpractices in a tense five-hour Senate hearing. The hearing focused on ASIC's performance in dealing ...

PIS adds consultants amid Centrepoint capital raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has appointed two people to its business consulting team, following a Centrepoint announcement that it will raise capital to create more opportunities for the wealth management business. PIS appointed Darren Black ...

Super fund CEOs compete on breast cancer fundraiser

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia is the super industry's frontrunner in the race to see who can raise the most money for breast cancer research. As part of Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic - the largest breast cancer research fundraiser in Australia ...