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AUSCOAL switches to weekly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... transparency in regards to how their investments are performing," noted the fund in its website. Similarly, members can switch to another investment choice and have that choice updated on the first day of the next weekly valuation period, as opposed ...

NAB Group Super axes cash plus

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... markets," was the reason cited for the change. Members who hold investments in the old Cash Plus option will automatically switch over to the pure cash strategy unless a request for switching is received by the fund. However, members looking to retain ...

Weekly switching for BOC Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... data, with prices calculated as at the close of business each Friday. If the administrator receives a member's request to switch by 4pm on Thursday of any week, the switch will be effective from the following Monday. However, the switch may not be shown ...

Choice-of-fund members jump 81pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
An unprecedented number of Australians opted out of their 'default' super fund in the past 12 months, up 81 per cent compared to the previous year, showing more people are finally taking advantage of the radical "choice of super fund" legislation introduced ...

AGEST quadruples cash option to $400m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The $3 billion government superannuation fund AGEST Super is tightening its purse strings on new mandates and has quadrupled its cash option to $400 million in less than nine months. According to Michael Seton, AGEST Super chief executive, the fund's ...

Credit crisis flicks PRI switch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The number of institutions signing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) grew by 65 per cent since the start of the credit crisis. The UNPRI has more than 400 signatories and has continued, rising by 37 per cent since the ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... domestic equity market activity. And like their overseas counterparts, the local bond market should trade higher as investors switch to safe-haven investments.

Account switching is too much trouble

... trouble than it was worth. This was despite 37 per cent saying they agreed or strongly agreed with the proposition that 'I'd switch banks tomorrow if there was a bank that would do all the work for me.' The question of whether it is too hard to move ...

Till losses do us part

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... of super funds to retain members and attract new ones will be put to the test after a new poll revealed one in five will switch funds if they see red in their next member statement. An online poll by management consultancy Gullone Group asked what would ...

OFG banks on bonds and property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Over Fifty Group (OFG) may be expecting an average loss of $3.66 million this year, but the fund manager is reviving its focus on its Friendly Society and Property Funds Management businesses to steer the firm to calmer waters. In an Australian Securities ...