SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Funds management

Industry fund Hostplus has revealed its multi-million bill for investment and management fees....

image
Superannuation

Many superannuation fund members are unaware they are part owners in industries that might not align with their values such as tobacco, weapons, and gambling, according t...

image
Superannuation

A number of retail funds had a good year in terms of 2019 performance but industry funds have continued to dominate over the past 10 years....

image
Superannuation

A leading plaintiff law firm has called for employers to be placed under a legal obligation to select the right default superannuation fund for their employees at the sam...

image
Superannuation

The average self-managed superannuation fund with a balance less than $200,000 generated negative returns over three successive financial years, according to the Australi...

image
Financial planning

Australians who have lost their life insurance policy details in the bushfires can contact the Financial Services Council for help....

image
Financial planning

AMP’s proposed new wealth business model has been mapped out for a Parliamentary committee....

image
Financial planning

The SMSF Association wants the Government to dump its limited licensing regime for accountants on the basis of it having failed to meet its objectives and having, instead...

image
Policy & Regulation

Self-Managed Superannuation Funds should be exempted from the Government’s new design and distribution regime because they are not like other financial products, accordin...

image
Superannuation

Superannuation funds could benefit from investing in European property, according to LGIAsuper....

image
Superannuation

Barely a week after distribution its superannuation heatmaps, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is arguing that larger superannuation funds are more sustaina...

image
People & Products

The man who was once chief executive of Sunsuper, Don Luke, has now been appointed as chair of QSuper at the same time it is in merger discussion with Sunsuper....

image
Superannuation

The founder of one of Australia’s first dedicated superannuation fund research and ratings firms has suggested that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority should ...

image
Funds management

BetaShares has announced that four of its diversified exchange traded funds will be now available on the Australian Securities Exchange....

image
Financial planning

Submissions directed to Treasury around the end of grandfathering revealed little significant resistance but genuine concern around how client rebates should work....

image
 

MARKET INSIGHTS

sub-bg sidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

1 week 1 day ago
Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

1 week 1 day ago
Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

1 week 2 days ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

9 months 2 weeks ago