INDUSTRY FUNDS

Editorial

If Storm Financial has dogged the reputations of financial planners, Mike Taylor writes that the findings of the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corrupti...

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Superannuation

Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden, has labelled the existing default super regime a “racket” which is standing in the way of lower super fees....

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Financial planning

Lonsec/SuperRatings data points to value in industry funds more willingly linking with financial planners....

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Superannuation

Industry superannuation fund members with balances of more than $250,000 are more satisfied with their funds’ performance then those who invested with retail funds, a sur...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that industry fund members represent a large and largely untapped client base for financial planners to which the FPA has rightly sought to provide acc...

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Financial planning

Industry funds are as vertically integrated as anyone else and are guilty of hypocrisy when criticising such structures, according to Fiducian platform head, Patrick Jack...

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Superannuation

FSC has claimed the average MySuper fund offered by its members have outperformed the equivalent offering from industry funds...

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Superannuation

Industry superannuation funds are continuing to outperform bank-owned alternatives, new data from SuperRatings reveals....

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Superannuation

Legislation is needed to deal with “horrific” rorting of industry super funds, former NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa believes....

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Superannuation

Concerns are being raised over alleged rorting of industry superannuation funds, following comments attributed to former NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa....

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Superannuation

Consumer satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation has climbed to its highest point since the global financial crisis according to research conducted ...

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Superannuation

A senior Liberal Senator has asked ASIC whether union-based superannuation liaison officers are providing advice....

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Superannuation

Chant West data showed super funds saw positive growth in July, with the median growth fund (61-80 per cent growth assets) producing 1.2 per cent...

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Superannuation

A centre-left think tank believes there is no proof that mandating independent directors on not-for-profit superannuation funds would enhance fund performance....

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Editorial

Given a decade of generally bad publicity for the financial planning sector, it is a wonder that planner numbers have not seriously declined....

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