INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

ANZ's Paul Barrett says educating consumers is the key to growing adviser credibility....

Superannuation

Industry super funds argue for retention of awards in default superannuation funds because they sometimes deliver more than the minimum....

Superannuation

SMSFs with higher exposures to equities would have done better than most through the opening months of 2012, according to the assessment of two of the leading superannuat...

Editorial

Financial planners should take heart that the Industry Super Network appears to have changed the 'messaging' contained in its television advertising....

Superannuation

Big building industry super fund resists calls for independent directors, claiming industry expertise is more valuable....

Editorial

A document purporting to be the outline of an agreement on FOFA struck between the Financial Planning Association and the Industry Super Network caused furore in the indu...

Financial planning

The trial financial advice arrangement between major planning groups and AustralianSuper is set to be strengthened with an informal breakfast aimed at non-senior advisers...

Superannuation

Written complaints to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal about industry funds increased by 25 per cent last year, while complaints about retail funds decreased slight...

Editorial

Financial planners should strongly welcome the delayed implementation of FOFA because shortly after its introduction will be the next Federal Election....

Superannuation

The Government should act immediately to improve the current anti-competitive arrangements for the selection of default superannuation rather than waiting a year for the ...

Superannuation

The AIST has hit back at criticism of industry fund trustee boards levelled by Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott....

Superannuation

The latest APRA data underscores the dominance of SMSFs in terms of both growth and assets....

Superannuation

New research by industry super fund REST reveals the degree to which Gen Y's require guidance on superannuation objectives....

Superannuation

Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....

Editorial

There are several reasons why many financial planners avoid recommending industry super funds. Cameron Darrow outlines a few....

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