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Lift the bar on default funds: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... super funds. The four main entities in ISH include ME Bank as the banking arm, Industry Funds Management for funds management, IFS for financial services and financial planning and ISN for research, policy development and advocacy.

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
It's Veterans Day holiday in the United States - a day celebrating the signing of the Armistice that brought World War I to its formal end. And as the world celebrated the end of the first world war that happened nine decades and two years ago, the ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial markets believe. The only question now is how and how big. And ...

Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has renewed calls for alternatives to the existing asset-based and performance-based fee models. The AIST research published last month recommends a hybrid fixed dollar fee/performance fee model ...

CommInsure wins industry fund mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Extending their partnership to seven years, CommInsure worked closely with both Care Super and broking and consulting firm IFS Insurance Broking (IFSIB) to address underinsurance within the fund. Most members received a doubling in their insurance coverage ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Superannuation industry associations have welcomed the government's MySuper reforms but one industry body said more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation ...

IFSA members approve name change, new focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Investments, AMP, ING Australia were among the big finance firms that backed the Investment & Financial Service Association's new strategy. IFSA members held an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday to change the association's ...

Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has appointed former Vanguard executive Shan Kwee as portfolio manager. Kwee will be responsible for portfolio construction and management, system design and development, attribution analysis, risk ...