RETAIL FUNDS

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

Financial planning

New Roy Morgan Research reveals the degree to which industry funds have gained an edge in the minds of members....

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Superannuation

Super assets grew in the March quarter with SMSFs continuing to dominate....

Financial planning

New data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority suggests the co-contributions regime has lost some of its initial gloss....

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Financial planning

CFS has revamped its FirstChoice Wholesale platform to offer fees lower than industry funds....

Superannuation

SMSFs have been confirmed as the largest segment of the superannuation sector, but average balances are still below $500,000....

Financial planning

Alternative strategies, particularly those with a commodities theme, have attracted solid inflows....

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Editorial

Robert Keavney recognises the trend for industry super funds to establish financial advice businesses, like their retail competitors. But he asks the question: Whose mone...

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Superannuation

Industry funds remain the fastest-growing segment of the mainstream superannuation sector....

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Superannuation

Super assets take hit in June quarter with corporate funds most exposed, but annualised data remains positive....

Financial planning

With commissions in super now on the way out, it's time for the public relations campaign run by industry funds to end, according to the principal of business broking fir...

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Financial planning

Master trusts have outperformed industry funds in the year to June 2010, but only for the second time in the past decade, according to latest figures from Chant West....

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Financial planning

Contrary to the concerns of many in the financial planning industry, the vast majority of phone-based intra-fund advice services offered by industry funds are manned by f...

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Financial planning

New APRA research has identified a wide disparity between the fees being paid by retail funds and not-for-profits for very similar services....

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