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NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... common-sense decisions, fast." Yardley said. NEOS recently appointed Sargon as the trustee of its new insurance-only superannuation fund NEOS Super Plan. NEOS Super Plan provides financial advisers with a pay-by-super option for their client's NEOS ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... and governance considerations are high on the board's agenda. Darroch told a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees thought leadership event that corporate culture is a persistent theme in these conversations. The "root cause of high ...

Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has become the latest to divest tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands producers. In addition to their existing controversial weapons exclusion, Vision Super will be culling investments in tobacco, thermal coal ...

Advice group rebuilds following regulatory headwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
A financial advice group specialising in self-managed superannuation funds and residential property investment acknowledged it's hurt from recent regulatory burdens. However, there are opportunities afoot for the ASX-listed business, including an entry ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... Labor's policy is legislated, it would reduce competition and naturally push up the administration fees for superannuation funds, SMSF administration provider SuperConcepts said in its submission to the inquiry. It argued removing refundable franking ...

Productivity Commission pushes for superannuation scale benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The Productivity Commission has made another "compelling" argument for economies of scale in superannuation, estimating it to save the industry $340 million each year. The benefits however, aren't flowing to members. In its final supplementary paper ...

Wealth an unnecessary failure: Thorburn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... were going to make it a core part of the bank platform so when you went on internet banking you would see your superannuation balances, and if you had a share portfolio. But that didn't happen," he said. In the witness box Thorburn lamented that MLC ...

Royal Commission on social media: Executives grilled

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... growth. If it works to prevent #doping scandals among sports stars, could confiscating corporate executives' #superannuation serve to hem in their more opportunistic and self-serving behaviours, asks Dr @llenten ? https://t.co/5yCR2coHzR | via @ConversationEDU ...

Rice Warner warns against culling value-based advice fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... basic financial plan for less than $1500. On Thursday, the researcher said Australia's financial advisers and superannuation funds would need to develop "innovative" models delivering better value and lower cost financial advice, if value-based fees ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... payments other than stating they range from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. A recent example was the Superannuation Consumers' Centre benefitting from a $1.25 million payment as a result of an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) ASIC entered ...