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Financial planning

05 Jul

Westbrook to exit FuturePlus

The chief executive of one of the first superannuation funds to provide in-house financial planning, Brett Westbrook, has announced his intention to leave his role at the...

Financial planning

03 Jul

Morningstar buys Aspect Huntley for $30 million

International research and ratings house Morningstar has acquired Aspect Huntley....

Superannuation

03 Jul

Tax office sharpens its focus on SMSFs

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Financial planning

16 Aug

Where were we this time last year?

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Financial planning

01 Mar

ARF launches direct shares option

The Australian Retirement Fund (ARF) has become the first industry fund to offer an investment option that allows its members to buy and trade shares using their superann...

Financial planning

01 Mar

Mercer ousts Towers Perrin to become GSO actuary

Mercer has been appointed as the actuary of the $6 billion Government Superannuation Office (GSO) (Queensland), replacing Towers Perrin which had been the incumbent actua...

Financial planning

01 Mar

Telstra changes long-distance managers

The $6.9 billion Telstra Superannuation Scheme, the largest corporate fund in Australia, has appointed and terminated a number of its investment managers following an ext...

Funds management

13 Jan

APRA data indicates co-contribution gaining traction

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

13 Jan

Choice implementation under way

The Federal Government has announced that it will hold another round of industry consultation on choice of fund, after new draft regulations outlining the implementation ...

Financial planning

12 Jan

News Limited outsources super to Russell

In what represents one of the largest corporate superannuation outsourcing arrangements ever to occur in Australia, the big News Limited superannuation fund, NewsSuper, h...