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Internet chosen ahead of professionals for advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013

HOSTPLUS switches insurers to MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Industry fund HOSTPLUS has made a change to its life insurance offering, switching from ANZ's OnePath to MetLife. HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of MetLife as our Group Life Insurance partner. "We ...

Over 1 million customers breakup with banks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... institution. High fees and charges, poor service and poor interest rates are among the main reasons why customers decided to switch their main financial institution. However, the survey doesn't reveal where the clients went after leaving the financial ...

Link calls on govt to remove Stronger Super red tape

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

ASIC questions SMSF advice in proposed guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... released today. "There is a need to improve the disclosure of information that may influence a decision to establish or switch to an SMSF," the regulator said. The consultation paper "Advice on SMSF: Specific disclosure requirements and SMSF costs" stresses ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite gains on Wall Street which rose as fears of an imminent strike against Syria receded. An upgrade to US second-quarter economic growth, also helped US markets. It came in at an annual rate of 2.5 ...

Mercer gives taster of MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... member all the way through into retirement and doesn't just take them to retirement." When a member retires, they will switch from a "working unit" to a "retiree unit".

Direct investment option key to retain fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... likely to use DIOs are lower, 54.6%, when we segment the data we can see that more than half of both those most likely to switch funds and those likely to set up or join an SMSF would likely use a DIO option if available," CoreData head of Advice, Wealth ...

SSgA launches cheap lifestyle funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... of lifestyle approaches, which increase investors' exposure to fixed income as they get older, is that age triggers can switch investors between assets at the wrong time. This problem has been highlighted in recent months as record low yields have made ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... in June, official data showed. With overall growth figures for the second quarter, due on Wednesday, expected to show a switch out of recession, eurozone industrial production in June output jumped 0.7 per cent from May when it fell 0.2 per cent. Separate ...