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Model your retirement: Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Sunsuper has launched a retirement modeller that projects members' retirement income and lifestyles. Sunsuper, which has around $13 billion in assets, last month unveilled a new retirement modeller to help members understand if they are on track for ...

Disclosing conflicts not enough: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
A draft Prudential Practice Guide on conflicts of interest released by APRA has fired a shot over the bow of every entity they regulate, warning that simply disclosing conflicts of interest is not a valid defence. Instead, entities must demonstrate ...

Health Super signs Bravura

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Health Super has signed a deal with Bravura Solutions to enhance the fund's member online services and back of house administration. The deal means the fund will integrate the technology provider's ePASS software across the fund's operations. Simon ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Super funds must provide detailed five and 10-year investment performance records in member statements, not just in annual reports, following new government rules. The new measures mean all returns at an investment option or sub plan level need to be ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

Tech unclogs insurance bottlenecks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Insurance underwriting will become less of a headache for financial planners after key insurers introduced automated underwriting into their products, a major leap from the days of error-prone rate books and simple quotation software. Only three years ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Financial planner Sam Henderson discovered a decision he made 12 months ago to set up a managed accounts service for clients is paying off. Speaking at Financial Standard's managed accounts seminar early this month, Henderson said that using managed ...

Sovereign adds two principals

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Sovereign Investment Research has appointed John Peterson and Helen Murdoch as principals. Peterson previously worked at the Reserve Bank between 1979 and 1983 and then joined Bankers Trust Australia. During his time at Bankers Trust Australia he worked ...

FPA upgrades CPD program

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has enhanced the association's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to move away from relying on the basic requirements of RG146. The improved CPD policy is a clear recognition by FPA members of the limitations ...

Less tax on financial advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
If the cost of financial advice was to be made tax-deductible, it should be means tested to ensure the right people receive the most benefit. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, told an Association ...