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Giant leap for super advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... its fellow IFSA members, will absorb the costs related to moving to the new model. He added that while much of the public debate focuses on fees, the Charter addresses another equally important issue: a better performance comparison of the different ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Australia's growing current account deficit will inevitably lead to further policy action to increase national savings and the super industry will play a key role, said David Morgan, former chief executive of Westpac. Morgan told the ASFA conference ...

Advice delivers $2,400 savings per year: research

IFSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... financial planner save an extra $2,457 each year, compared to those who don't use a planner. IFSA also took the value of advice debate closer to Canberra by exploring the economy-wide implications of higher national savings. KPMG found that if an extra ...

Cooper throws down super gauntlet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... a mutual purpose or is it partly for the members and partly for profit?" While he dismissed over simplifications of the debate over fund fees, he nonetheless endorsed the official regulatory view that high fee funds are the worst performers in their ...

Souls funds 'On Hold' after CIO resigned

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... large-cap funds. "Mr. Villante was a passionate investor, bringing a high level of enthusiasm to the group, encouraging debate and enforcing rigour in the group's investment committees," said S&P fund analyst, Justine Gorman.

CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... wrongdoing and will be cooperating with CalPERS. The fund's decision to investigate the matter has sparked a wider industry debate as the newly-introduced disclosure policy - which exposed the US$50 million-plus success fees - was the template to a new ...

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... more cost-effective. Chris Bowen, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said yesterday there should be a public debate about contribution levels. But the interim Henry report into retirement income policy released alongside this year's Federal ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Talk of the town. That's the RBA of course. At a time when other G-20 nations continue to debate the growth alphabet of their own recovery, Australia's central bank declared, 'no mas!' 'No mas' need for keeping interest rates at the emergency level ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

... AFA National Conference to be held early next month. Besides his presentation, Ripoll will also participate in a panel debate on the future of financial advice. Among the issues that will be discussed are the impact of intra-fund advice on advisers and ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... adding the Aged Pension fell well short of properly recognising or rewarding a carer's work. "It is time to start a new debate about how the system can properly value unpaid caring work, in addition to what is currently offered through the Aged Pension. ...