INDUSTRY FUND

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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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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