INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

Industry super funds have outperformed commercial master trusts on net benefits to members for the ninth quarter in a row, according to new comparative research modelling...

Financial planning

Self-managed superannuation funds are unlikely to grow as quickly as other fund types, while corporate funds will lose members in the short term, a research report has pr...

Financial planning

Industry Funds Services chair Garry Weaven has called on the Australian Consumer Association to extend its proposed investigation into trail commission to superannuation....

Financial planning

In the debate that raged between industry and retail funds through the year, Industry Fund Services chair, Garry Weaven, was quite successful in keeping the argument’s fo...

Superannuation

The rapid net asset growth of Australia’s industry superannuation funds means they will need to invest around $150 billion over the next five years, of which up to $15 bi...

Financial planning

New research issued by Industry Funds Services yesterday has added fuel to a heated ongoing debate within the industry over the comparative ‘net benefit to members’ of in...

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...

Financial planning

Australia’s largest financial planning dealer group, AMP Financial Planning, has acknowledged the ongoing popularity of industry superannuation funds by adding ten of the...

Financial planning

Equity markets are firing, clients are safe in the knowledge that the financial services industry is now governed by one of the world’s most rigorous consumer protection ...

Financial planning

It has been often stated in recent weeks that this year would be a very big year for the financial services industry in terms of far reaching developments and events....

Financial planning

The burgeoning union backed industry superannuation fund sector will prove the greatest threat to the viability of boutique financial planning groups over the next decade...

Editorial

With a view of the sun setting over the Whitsunday’s from his position at the bar, Garry Weaven is looking way too relaxed for someone who has been busy putting the finis...

Financial planning

St George has expanded its distribution reach with the purchase of a 5 per cent stake in Virtual Communities for $18 million....

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