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Energy Super first feature rollout

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... Petrou. Members said that while they want core super services, they do want more from their super funds throughout their membership to bring more to the super experience, but not at the risk of losing out on super services. The $3.8 billion industry ...

Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Minister Bill Shorten in question time. "How do we compete with industry funds who run advice paid for across their entire membership," asked Liam Diggin, principal adviser at financial planning firm Mentor1. Diggin said intra-fund advice that may cost ...

State Street increases super potential

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... provide all custody, fund accounting and complex tax services for REST Industry Super, the largest pension fund by membership in Australia.

Merged super funds coy on CEO decision

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Todd said that the name of his fund would be carried forward due to its "clear identification with the fund's core membership of local government employees and its flexibility to encompass members who choose to have their non-government employer pay ...

FPA scores 94pc approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... of the profession as a whole," Rantall said. Members voted in favour of a number of proposals including restricting membership with practising financial planners will be able to join the association as members from July 1 this year. However, practice ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... fund and a corporate fund may seem unusual, it would expand the number of employers on the books, giving the fund more membership flow.

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
A governance framework asking superannuation funds to disclose executive pay and review directors of multiple boards was launched today at the Conference of Major Super Funds on the Gold Coast. The new framework, developed by the Australian Institute ...

FSS and Health Super merger on track

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... investments, to marketing to communications, insurance to ensure the best product offerings are selected for the joint membership, he said. "We're looking to get the best-of-breed," Dwyer said. The chief executive said the full process of integration ...

Levy to fund $15m ad campaign

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... people need before they can work as doctors, pharmacists or pilots - all trusted professions - and then holds up FPA membership as a guarantee that the financial planner is correctly qualified. The second showed the difference a planner would make in ...

FPA to reset membership criteria

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association is seeking to restrict its membership with constituents to vote on the proposals in April. After June this year only practicing financial planners will be able to join the association as members with practice owners ...