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Funds management
The industry super fund owned firm is proposing a new way to finance infrastructure construction to help “kick-start” the economy. ...
Financial planning
A key parliamentary committee has received more evidence about how industry superannuation funds are delivering financial advice and what it cost. ...
Superannuation
Cbus has today announced its first direct offshore infrastructure investment, joining global pension fund partners in investing a stake in the United Kingdom ports group,...
Financial planning
The Commonwealth Bank has defended vertical integration and strongly noted that industry funds have gone down the path of vertical integration via asset management, finan...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has never specifically investigated advice provided by industry superannuation funds....
Financial planning
ASIC has been asked within a Parliamentary Committee hearing whether it will scrutinise financial advice provided by industry funds in the same way it scrutinised that pr...
People & Products
Superannuation fund legalsuper has chosen an experienced lawyer as its new chair succeeding the long-serving David Miles....
Superannuation
The trade union movement has closed ranks to defend industry funds from the Government’s ‘choice’ legislation seeking to change the default funds regime....
Editorial
What is the difference between a ‘rebate’ and a ‘commission’ and is a different standard being applied to the ‘risk sharing rebates’ paid to industry funds by insurers?...
Superannuation
Industry fund, First Super has sought risk advice from equity managers on investing in franchise model companies following wage scandals....
Policy & Regulation
The industry funds have attacked the banks on cross-selling as they seek to deal with a Productivity Commission issues paper canvassing a baseline approach of no defaults...
Funds management
Industry fund, Equip, has announced it was piloting a robo advice service based on Clover.com.au’s investment service....
Outsider
Outsider skimmed through Money Management’s Salary Survey to find some interesting results about education levels between planners in banks and their peers in the super s...
Outsider
Outsider notes that after looking closely at Chant West data, perhaps ISA’s David Whiteley’s call for an inquiry into why industry funds outperformed their retail counter...
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