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AusSuper public sector division results from merger

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
A Public Sector Division of AustralianSuper will cater to AGEST member needs following the merger of the two funds. The division is designed to capture and build on AGEST's position in the provision of targeted services to public sector employees. "This ...

Future First joins Paragem

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... adopted Paragem's business model and non-conflicted advice proposition. Luke Provis, principal of Future First, said the switch from Hillross was about a cultural alignment of interests at licensing and advice level. "We enjoyed a long relationship with ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
MLC MasterKey Business Super has won two corporate super mandates worth more than $10 million in combined funds under management. Western Australian-based mining drilling contractor Swick Mining Services and iron-ore producer Atlas will be moving their ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... for consumer education and financial advice due to a changing demographic as baby boomers move to retirement phase and switch to more conservative assets. Also - a larger financial system will invariably generate more complaints and breaches, so ASIC ...

Retail advice industry needs new models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Super funds providing simple advice at a lower cost for clients is leaving advisers playing catch-up, according to an advice technology expert. FOFA will leave advisers needing to profitably service C&D clients in a fee-for-service environment if they ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... exposure to interest rate, inflation, liquidity and credit risk of a passive approach have provided the rationale for QIC's switch to a dynamic model. "What we're aiming to achieve is a real rate of return that's positive throughout the cycle." The dynamic ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Standard & Poor's was at it - slashing - again last night. After lopping off one A out of France's and Austria's AAA credit rating at the end of last week, it did the same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider ...

Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... more professional challenges," said George McFerran, head of Asia Pacific, eFinancialCareers. "So when they are asked to switch sectors, they are often already keen to jump."

Govt releases intra-fund advice rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... outside of the trustee-prescribed investment options and finally the provision of advice about whether a member should switch super funds unless it elates to moving the member from an accumulation product into a retirement product offered by the same ...

Advisers need to get wise to insurance turn offs, CommInsure

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Financial advisers need to do more to switch Australians on to their insurance needs. That's according to Tim Browne, general manager, Retail Advice, CommInsure, who told advisers at Sydney's CommInsure roadshow that underinsurance is one of the biggest ...