SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

A troupe of public sector and industry superannuation funds have demanded Australia’s biggest companies more clearly disclose how they make sure their directors do not fu...

Editorial

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Superannuation

Any adviser unclear over the extent to which super choice will raise the bar on their duty of care towards clients need only look to the recent experience of their collea...

Financial planning

Switching for switching’s sake in the new choice of funds environment has been discouraged by the Financial Planning Association, which claimed yesterday that in most cas...

Financial planning

Australia’s total superannuation assets broke the $700 billion barrier during the quarter to March 31, 2005....

Editorial

A recent survey conducted by Mercer showed some useful results for the super industry preparing for choice of fund. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

Differences in disclosure documents between major superannuation providers currently permitted by regulators and industry associations are making it too hard for investor...

Editorial

DAVID ANDERSON continues his look at what employers need to be doing in preparation for choice of fund...

Financial planning

Several Australian superannuation funds are set to invest in Bermuda-based Orbis Investment Management’s new locally-based wholesale international equities fund, which wa...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released the definitive guide to what it expects from advisers who switch clients’ super funds under the pending ...

Financial planning

Over 80 per cent of companies listed on the S&P/ASX200 are unable to demonstrate that the board holds responsibility for governing unfair business practices....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sent another strong signal that it plans to take a hands-on role to police the superannuation industry in the lea...

Financial planning

Colourful British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin group has blasted Australian financial planners as self-interested and greedy while yesterday revealing that it wou...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office has renewed its campaign aimed at reuniting people with their lost superannuation accounts....

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