Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 9181 - 9190 of 15805 results for "TER"

Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index increased during August to return 11.1% compared 10.6% at end July, albeit still down from June's 12.7%. Three year super fund average annual returns are also 11.1% pa with ...

First hard MySuper APRA data released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Superannuation regulator APRA has just released its first set of hard MySuper statistics and they reveal the transition to MySuper is happening faster than expected and the role of life stage investing bigger than anticipated. There are 116 MySuper ...

APRA confirms MySuper non-confidentiality rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will treat MySuper product data as non-confidential, following a period of industry consultation. APRA said the industry "generally supported" APRA's proposal to treat data as non-confidential if ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The upcoming Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference is looking into the industry's post-FoFA future and focusing this year's event on the theme of innovation. With the regulatory environment all but finalised, the tagline for the ...

US insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Highlighting how soft are the fines imposed on financial institutions by Australian regulators, in the US the aptly named Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just ordered an insurance agency to pay US$200,000 for orchestrating illegal referrals. ...

Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
A New Zealand-based independent financial advice firm is completing the final steps to acquire van Eyk's New Zealand business. Sources from van Eyk's administrator Moore Stephens confirmed to Financial Standard that advice firm Saturn Portfolio was ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Making potentially misleading statements in a product disclosure statement (PDS) has seen National Australia Bank (NAB) get a $10,200 penalty from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator was concerned that the PDS ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
A group of Australia's biggest institutional investors has written an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
First State Super has radically reduced the investment fees across its domestic and global equities and fixed interest investment options, in some cases by more than 80%. The previous investment fee, for example, of the fund's Australian Equities option ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
BlackRock has opened its Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund (FIGO) to Australian investors. FIGO is a flexible global multi-sector fixed income strategy that seeks to achieve a positive total return. While the fund is not tied to a benchmark, it ...