INDUSTRY FUNDS

Financial planning

The superannuation industry has welcomed changes to superannuation included in the Federal Budget but doesn’t believe the Government has gone far enough....

Financial planning

The war of words between industry and retail funds has only intensified as choice has drawn nearer. Last week, as industry funds were forced to withdraw a controversial a...

Superannuation

No one has been particularly surprised at the recent clash which has erupted between industry and retail super funds over the issue of choice, but the DIY super sector ha...

Financial planning

Industry Fund Services has agreed to change its super choice advertising campaigns “Compare the Pair” and “A lifetime of Difference” after the Australian Securities and I...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has warned that consumers’ retirement savings are being put at risk by misleading advertising in the lead up to choice of fund, and ha...

Financial planning

A group of Australia’s major industry superannuation funds have rolled out their long-awaited marketing campaign aimed at both recruiting and retaining members in the new...

Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough has told the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds being held in Hobart that industry funds are not being discriminated against by ...

Financial planning

Not-for-profit super funds and commercial master trusts were equally represented among the best performing publicly available retirement products in 2004....

Financial planning

Working women stand to be particularly disadvantaged by the implementation of the new choice of fund regime, with many potentially unaware that advisers receive commissio...

Funds management

The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...

Financial planning

The upcoming implementation of choice of fund legislation is set to push corporate superannuation industry further into consolidation mode and will trigger an explosion i...

Financial planning

The impending choice regime has had little impact on the prosperity of the $71.9 billion industry fund market which reaped the strongest inflows in the superannuation sec...

Financial planning

Retail industry superannuation fund REST is actively examining options for the provision of financial advice to members....

Financial planning

The challenges facing superannuation funds under the choice of fund regime are merely part of the ongoing tests the industry has been facing over the past decade through ...

Financial planning

While Mercer has been entrenched in the asset consulting scene for many years, it is a relatively new player in the retail research space. Freya Purnell looks at the rise...

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