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One in four retail fund members to switch: CHOICE

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... service or investment options, CHOICE research found. Choice's survey of 1,400 members in June showed 23 per cent of retail fund members said they were considering a switch - compared with 9 per cent of corporate fund clients, 7 per cent of industry ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
The Coalition's small target election strategy for industrial relations and their commitment to stick with the government's Fair Work Act means there will be no change to how default super funds are nominated in Awards. This follows Opposition Leader ...

Trustee outsourcing deals in regulator spotlight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... structures within larger wealth management groups, the authors of the research expressed concern that this makes the retail fund service provider arrangements prone to being part of a revenue model rather than being designed exclusively in the interests ...

BNY Mellon JVs for China funds strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... Management is 49 per cent owned by BNY Mellon and 51 per cent owned by Western Securities and will develop a range of retail fund products for the Chinese market. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) approved the joint venture. Xi'an-based ...

Cooper Review wants bigger role for APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Super System Review's recommendation to expand APRA's role among superannuation could be the key to unlocking many of the potential benefits arising from the Review. This direction in the recommendations is strategically crucial because it is not ...

NZ Commission gives AMP all clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has cleared AMP to buy AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses. According to a Commerce Commission statement, the regulator considered the impact of the deal across wealth protection, retail funds management, wholesale ...

Tide turns in industry vs retail fund performance

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The latest APRA superannuation performance figures suggest a reversal of fortunes in super land, with retail funds returning nearly 21 per cent over the year to March, ahead of industry funds' 16 per cent. Prudential watchdog APRA released its latest ...

Investec eyes SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Investec Asset Management's local managing director, Mark Samuelson, has outlined plans to target the self managed super fund (SMSF) market and flagged launching more strategies if proposed tax changes occur. The firm's assets under management rose ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... performance tables like never before. According to Rainmaker's SelectingSuper March 2010 fund performance survey the average retail fund is out-performing the average not-for-profit fund over 12 months by almost 6 percentage points and retail funds now ...

Simpler, faster, cheaper rollovers: IFF

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
The Industry Funds Forum has launched an electronic commerce hub aimed at revolutionising super rollovers. IFF unveiled a new electronic commerce hub that aims to cut down processing time, cost, and simplify the process of rollover transfers between ...