The Federal Government and some major superannuation industry organisations may have misjudged their constituencies by abandoning policy proposals that would see an event...
The Federal Government may have used its 2006 Budget to introduce some of the biggest-ever changes to superannuation in Australia, but industry participants appear strong...
The Superannuation industry continues to be less than happy with both the number of regulators impacting on the sector as well as the number of ratings houses and the met...
Industry Fund Services executive chair Garry Weaven and outgoing Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Philippa Smith have emerged as having ha...
If there has been one constant in driving superannuation fund returns over the past two years it has been exposure to Australian equity....
Financial planners are now an accepted part of the Australian superannuation industry, but there remains plenty of disagreement about how they should be paid, according t...
The Australian superannuation system is becoming so significant relative to the Australian economy that, with appropriate leadership and policy development, it can be har...
The world is bigger than just holding Australian equities in a portfolio as many investors are now discovering....
The investment property situation is looking rosier than it has for a while. We are seeing a gradual upward trend that appears set to stay for quite some time and is cert...
IOOF has upgraded its underlying profit forecast for 2006/07....
Recent publicity surrounding high profile private equity bids for companies like Qantas, Myer, Coles and PBL has put private equity under the spotlight....
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...