INDUSTRY FUNDS
Editorial
If Storm Financial has dogged the reputations of financial planners, Mike Taylor writes that the findings of the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corrupti...
Superannuation
Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden, has labelled the existing default super regime a “racket” which is standing in the way of lower super fees....
Financial planning
Lonsec/SuperRatings data points to value in industry funds more willingly linking with financial planners....
Superannuation
Industry superannuation fund members with balances of more than $250,000 are more satisfied with their funds’ performance then those who invested with retail funds, a sur...
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that industry fund members represent a large and largely untapped client base for financial planners to which the FPA has rightly sought to provide acc...
Financial planning
Industry funds are as vertically integrated as anyone else and are guilty of hypocrisy when criticising such structures, according to Fiducian platform head, Patrick Jack...
Superannuation
FSC has claimed the average MySuper fund offered by its members have outperformed the equivalent offering from industry funds...
Superannuation
Industry superannuation funds are continuing to outperform bank-owned alternatives, new data from SuperRatings reveals....
Superannuation
Legislation is needed to deal with “horrific” rorting of industry super funds, former NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa believes....
Superannuation
Concerns are being raised over alleged rorting of industry superannuation funds, following comments attributed to former NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa....
Superannuation
Consumer satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation has climbed to its highest point since the global financial crisis according to research conducted ...
Superannuation
A senior Liberal Senator has asked ASIC whether union-based superannuation liaison officers are providing advice....
Superannuation
Chant West data showed super funds saw positive growth in July, with the median growth fund (61-80 per cent growth assets) producing 1.2 per cent...
Superannuation
A centre-left think tank believes there is no proof that mandating independent directors on not-for-profit superannuation funds would enhance fund performance....
Editorial
Given a decade of generally bad publicity for the financial planning sector, it is a wonder that planner numbers have not seriously declined....
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Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...