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Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Banks who offer their business clients discounts or incentives to switch their employee default super scheme could be breaking the law. That's according to Industry Super Australia (ISA), the body representing 15 industry super funds, which has sought ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... shockwave through the consumer staples space. Investors are most likely piling out of Woolworths, and probably making a switch into Wesfarmers, even though Wesfarmers are also down on their results." Woolworths shares dived $2.88, or 8.5%, to $31.07 ...

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Industry super funds have the edge over their retail counterparts when it comes to brand perception, new research by CoreData shows. CoreData's Super Fund Brand Research Q4 2014 asked more than 2,000 Australians to rate the largest 23 superannuation ...

Investment Trends releases 2014 platform report

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Investment Trends has released its 2014 platform report, which compares 466 "key characteristics" of 12 major investment platforms. Originally made available to Investment Trends clients in December, the report highlights increasing regulatory compliance ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

FSI calls for tax relief to switch out of legacy products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The government should introduce a means to allow investors in out of date products to switch to new and improved products without being whacked with capital gains tax, the Financial System Inquiry has recommended in its final report. It is estimated ...

NAS loses another super fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... capabilities in investment performance reporting, risk analytics and online solutions as the main factors in its decision to switch custodians. "After an extensive due diligence process with the assistance of Drew Vaughan of Dymond, Foulds & Vaughan ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...

Genesys advisers looking at all options following wind up

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... references, from websites to business cards to advice documents to SFGs - to everything really. You can't just flick a switch, and it's done the next day." Connect Financial Services Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan said that "it has been well-known ...

Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... interest." An Investment Trends survey from May 2014 reported a 55% increase in the proportion of advisers intending to switch dealer groups in the next 12 months, with 10% of advisers intending to do so, compared to 6% on the previous year. But Prendeville ...