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Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The Pension Beneficiary Living Costs Index rose 0.5% for the June quarter 2012 and 1% across the last 12 months, matching regular inflation. The index, measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tries to capture changes in living costs for retirees ...

MySuper to commoditise super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
MySuper will commoditise the superannuation industry, said Rice Warner Actuaries in their latest fee report that was commissioned by the Financial Services Council. "The initial emphasis of MySuper will be on costs rather than investment performance. ...

UK consumers won't pay for advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Fee for service will increase the UK's 'advice gap', said consultancy firm Deloitte after analysing the results of a consumer survey into whether consumers would be willing to pay up-front for advice. The research was based on a survey of more than ...

Heritage Bank launches online RSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Heritage Bank has launched an online-only Retirement Savings Account (RSA), known as Secure Super Account. Heritage Bank's Secure Super Account is protected by the Australian Government's deposit guarantee and will pay an interest rate that tracks 0.5 ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Glen Townsing has been appointed to the board of WA public sector super fund GESB as a member director. He replaces Derek Spray who recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has finally entered the superannuation fray and launched two low cost products in partnership with MAP Funds Management. CUA is Australia's largest mutual bank with $9bn in assets under management, almost one-fifth of the ...

First Super appoints MetLife

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
First Super has appointed MetLife Insurance Limited as its group insurance provider after a recent review of its insurance arrangements. Marc Lieberman, chief executive officer at MetLife, said, "We are committed to bringing long-term value to our relationship ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie internalise infra JV

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
AMP Capital, Macquarie Capital Group and DUET Group have agreed to internalise the management of DUET - an ASX-listed investor in regulated energy utility assets in Australia. DUET was established in June 2003 as wholesale unit trusts. In August 2004 ...

AUI stays with OneVue unit registry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has renewed its contract to use OneVue's unit registry system for the next five years. OneVue is an independently owned operator of unified managed accounts. It has been operating its unit registry business since 2001. ...

Pengana delivers AEq returns out of the market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
It is unorthodox for an equity fund to not be fully deployed into the asset class it is benchmarked against, but the Pengana Australian equity fund has used this approach to significantly out-perform. "If we cannot find such opportunities, then the ...