INDUSTRY FUNDS

Superannuation

The number of people who are leaving industry super to establish self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) has been steadily increasing since 2004, according to new Vangu...

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Editorial

Australian superannuation fund returns have started the 2011/12 financial year in negative territory but, as Mike Taylor reports, most members have learned enough from th...

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Editorial

The financial services industry has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Superannuation Guarantee and, as Mike Taylor reports, the industry funds have more to celebrate...

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Superannuation

The slide in super returns to start the financial year is reminiscent of the GFC....

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Financial planning

The use of advice technology by industry funds is not something to fear according to a technology provider....

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Financial planning

Exposure to infrastructure and unlisted assets has been a vital performance differentiator between industry and retail superannuation funds, according to the ISN. ...

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Superannuation

The median growth superannuation fund recorded a 9.2 per cent return last financial year, with industry funds finishing just a nose in front....

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Editorial

New research confirms consumers who use financial planners are generally happy with the service they receive but, as Mike Taylor reports, it also points to how many clien...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Mark Rantall, has pointed to the fact that many industry fund planners are members of the FPA....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees are more satisfied with their lot than most super members, but mostly when returns are high....

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Superannuation

Those establishing SMSFs can come from almost any background....

Financial planning

Industry funds are set to outperform retail master trusts thanks to their specific allocations....

Editorial

Andrew Bailo takes a look at the issues arising from the Future of Financial Advice reforms, and concludes that the harmful changes outweigh the beneficial ones....

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Superannuation

SMSFs continue to dominate super assets, but are not fastest growing....

Editorial

Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...

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