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Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
AMP has joined the chorus of retail funds who want the current award system opened to more competition, giving their superannuation funds greater access to default-fund advantage. AMP has tried repeatedly to join an industry award through Fair Work ...

CFS super deposit taps demand, relieves wholesale reliance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Colonial First State has launched a new deposit product to tap demand for fixed income as more superannuation funds enter the drawdown phase. The new FirstRate Investment Deposits offers a floating interest rate based on the reserve bank cash rate plus ...

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... director at Tom Hancock Associates, a specialist wealth management recruiting firm, said this is a natural step as more super funds are employing specialists, such as external administrators focused on regulation and how government reforms will affect ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... share owners using online broking accounts, dealer groups linking with fund managers to build customised portfolios and more super funds setting up their investment teams in-house. Nipping at the edges are the financial planners publishing their own ...

Russell to launch insto ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... this year makes the leap towards providing exchange traded funds (ETFs) for institutional investors, at a time when more super funds are adopting new ways to manage their passive strategies. Russell will be channelling efforts into creating more "targeted ...

HOSTPLUS improves insurance, maintains fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
HOSTPLUS has upgraded its insurance cover and kept member fees unchanged as part of a three-tier strategy to improve member services. The super fund said it would continue to freeze membership fees until at least January 2012, remaining at the same ...

AMIST appoints CIO

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... role ahead of new regulation that will make trustees more accountable for their fund's investments. "I think more and more super funds will be required to do the heavy lifting on their investments," he said.

Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... formerly from ninemsn and now founder of www.readingroom.com.au, said the benefits of social media are real and the more super fund communication professionals take the trend seriously, the better off they will be. Speaking at the ASFA Communications ...

H3 Global hits $250m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
H3 Global Advisors is ramping up its push to attract more super fund mandates after tipping over the $250 million under management mark. Mathew Kaleel, director at H3 Global Advisors, said the hedge fund manager won a $30 million mandate with Local ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry. The Government announced it would raise SG to 12 per cent from 2013 ...