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HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
HESTA was named 2013 Super Fund of the Year at the SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning, Super IQ was named SMSF Provider of the Year and UniSuper was named the Consumer Choice winner. Attracting a crowd of almost 200 people representing ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Super funds must prepare for a high level of activist scrutiny of their investments as a result of the increasing of portfolio disclosure requirements, according to Peter Lewis, director of Essential Media Communications (EMC). Under current plans ...

University academics to access advice research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
University academics will be able to access financial planning research grants up to $5,000 under an agreement between the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The first round of the grants will be ...

ASX launches S&P/ASX200 VIX futures

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The ASX today commenced trading of S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures, a new exchange traded product that allows users to trade, hedge and arbitrage anticipated volatility in the Australian equity market. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX index is an Australian equity market ...

ASFA wary about SMSF property schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is calling for mandatory Australian financial services licensing (AFSL) for all persons involved in the sale of investment products and property to self-managed super funds (SMSF). ASFA expressed ...

Fund managers mislead researchers on reasons for staff turnover

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Senior management teams at some investment managers are deliberately misleading research houses about reasons for staff turnover in a bid to preserve their ratings, according to ProCapital managing director Dr Jerome Lander. The manager selection expert ...

AMP adds four NZ advice firms to network

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
AMP has grown its presence in New Zealand, with four kiwi financial planning practises joining its AdviceFirst network. Majority-owned by the AMP Group, AdviceFirst has recently completed acquisitions of John Grogan Insurances Ltd, Advice 4 U, Bob Edwards ...

Plum, Virgin get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
Plum and Virgin Super are the latest funds to get their MySuper authorisations, bringing the total number of products available to 65. The two retail groups bring to seven the number of retail groups now with MySuper authorisation ahead of the 1 January ...

MTAA Super converts to listed shares in Sydney Airport

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Industry superannuation fund MTAA Super has converted its unlisted equity interest in Sydney Airport into a listed shareholding, as part of Sydney Airport's drive to simplify its ownership structure. MTAA Super has swapped its 2.39% unlisted holding ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
As the population ages, Australia's three-pillar retirement system will find itself under unprecedented pressure. According to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, over the next decade about four million Australians will retire. An integral part ...