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Former IOOF company loses court battle in timber scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... contacted for comment on its intention to reappeal. Earlier this month, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that IOOF did not contravene the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act in the case brought against its APRA-regulated entities by the prudential ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Forty percent of single women are estimated to retire in poverty, but Treasury think increasing the superannuation guarantee won't do much for women's lower superannuation balances. February documents released by the Treasury under freedom of information ...

What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Five years ago, fund managers considered an asset consultant's staff as their most important attribute but in 2019 they attach more importance to their research, says Frontier Advisors. Frontier Advisors asked fund managers of their views of asset consultants ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services Inquiry into the FOFA legislation grandfathering was not the subject of any debate. "A detailed understanding of the history of FOFA helps in understanding why grandfathering was never ...

National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... funding among Australia's retirees according to chief executive Joshua Funder. "Australians are living longer but many do not have enough super savings to provide sufficient income throughout retirement," Funder said. "We've fielded calls from financial ...

Put risk on the super comparison table: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... compare funds - risk should be firmly on the table and reflected in the comparisons," he said. "We acknowledge that this is not an easy task for APRA, given the industry itself has debated with this issue for some time. "As an industry we must all start ...

Undisclosed additional lending must stop

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... be advised where additional debt has been taken. These lenders are facilitating a deception on the part of the borrower by not disclosing that," he said. The second reason is the risk involved as an investor: in the event of insolvency, an unregistered ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... the Macquarie Australian Shares Fund with a 16.6% pa return. In active core, the median manager would have outperformed if not for management fees. In high performance, the Selector Australian Equities Fund topped the list with a 17.5% pa return. The ...

MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... significance of the Super Consumers Australia's (SCA) comments on underperformance in MySuper today, noting underperformance was not only limited to one sect of the superannuation system. Her comments come just a day after the new consumer group slammed ...

The importance of reducing risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... important aspect comes down to a company's fundamentals. As an investor you need to focus on the long-term aspect of a company and not the current share price. "Don't chase yield. Avoid expensive defensive stocks and yield traps," Teh said. Teh explained ...