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Aust Post streamlines Super payments for SMEs

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Australia Post is about to become the country's first retail network to accept superannuation payments from small businesses (SMEs) for all staff. Available in more than 3,200 post offices Australia-wide, the new Australia Post service is expected to ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Super fund trustees should re-examine whether the levels of default life insurance cover offered by their funds meet member needs, according to specialist life insurer, TAL. APRA's proposed Prudential Standard SPS250 will require trustees to develop ...

Fund budget surplus with cuts to super tax breaks: Treasury

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

FPA praises 'truth in labelling' legislation

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... for financial planners to be members of a professional association. Describing it as a fundamental public confidence issue, Mark Rantall CEO of the FPA expects the draft legislation to go a long way to helping consumers not knowing who they can trust. ...

Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
ASIC has received complaints regarding the activities of Swiss Private Capital Ltd (Swiss Private) and their offers of interests in 'Aussie Super -Superannuation Fund'. Purporting to be a Dubai-based private investment firm with branch offices in New ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
In the new edition of Financial Standard we review Australia's banking sector, and feature on the impacts of MySuper on the financial advice community, as well as latest news, views and regular features. Financial Standard's latest edition of the iPadA(C) ...

Two boutiques merge to target SMEs

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Two established boutique practices in the financial services industry, Neil White Financial Services and Ellingworth Pearce and Associates have joined forces to form Next Step Financial Strategies. Bringing together White's 20-plus years' experience ...

Adviser retraining delivers in spades: BT

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
A mentoring and retraining programme that's been rolled out to half the 450 financial advisers within the BT-owned dealer group, Securitor has already delivered a significant revenue (fees-based) boost after one year. Dubbed 'taking back control', Matt ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... creating products that resonate with this sector. Adding to Hook's sombre account of the investment management industry, Mark Lazberger CEO of Colonial First State (GAM) told delegates that most organisations were losing market share (and profitability) ...

Low-volatility post-retirement solutions needed: Bell

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Having concluded that too few investors will have sufficient capital to drive income in retirement, David Bell of St Davids Road Advisory expects to see growing interest in low-volatility, post-retirement solutions. Speaking at yesterday's Investment ...