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ASIC looks to reshape retail advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Client preference for scalable advice rather than a holistic approach has lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to propose a replacement regulatory guide. ASIC proposes that its Regulatory Guide 200 (RG 200) be replaced with a new ...

Super funds talk debt ructions and increasing pensions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... wasn't a big issue for his fund yet as it had a younger demographic than other funds. "We have $140 million in our pension product," he said. "The scale means it's not economical to manage (those in the pensions phase) discretely to our other investors." ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... which is the case under the current awards system," the AMP spokesperson said. "AMP's retail superannuation and pension product, AMP Flexible Super, is one of the most competitive in the market and it is currently not available under most awards." "We ...

AustralianSuper, Westscheme merger completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... and their core offering of low fees, strong long-term investment performance, comprehensive insurance and their pension product were very attractive to us," said Lawrie Cox, TAIST fund secretary. An Aviation Industry Division Committee, consisting of ...

Russell moves into industry fund admin

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... initiatives include intra-fund financial planning for members, automatic teller machine access for Prime Super's pension product and a member education program. Lachlan Baird, chief executive of Prime Super, which has $1.1 billion in funds under management ...

MLC drops Challenger for Resolution

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
MLC has terminated its Australian real estate investment trust (AREIT) mandate with Challenger Managed Investments and reallocated the funds to Resolution Capital. The institution's decision affects the MLC Australian Property Securities fund and the ...

One in four retail fund members to switch: CHOICE

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
One in four retail super fund members are considering switching to other super options because they are dissatisfied with the fees, customer service or investment options, CHOICE research found. Choice's survey of 1,400 members in June showed 23 per ...

AMP rationalises super and pension prods

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
AMP Financial Services is cutting the number of superannuation products it provides from six to two - closing four superannuation and pension products with more than $34 billion in assets under management to new money from July. This means AMP SignatureSuper ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
BT Financial Group-owned Asgard has spent more money on its investment platforms in the past 18 months than ever as part of a strategy that will see its Master Trust, Elements and eWrap platforms move under the one administration platform. Wayne Wilson ...

Prudential back in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Financial services giant Prudential will be the new owner of AIA Group (AIA), the Australasian life insurance businesses of AIG Group, in a deal worth US$35.5 billion - a move that potentially brings the Prudential name back in Australia after 12 years ...