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Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Advisers of tomorrow are 'choice architects'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Consumers are frightened of the future and if advisers speak to them as a navigator or designer, they will recognise the value of what advisers do. "They are asking you to be a 'choice architect'. Unless you speak to them like that, they won't know ...

Researchers cast eyes on ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... mid-2009, the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) traded at a premium of more than 10 per cent to its underlying net asset value (NAV) when the fund stopped issuing new shares.

BlackRock hires WA state manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
BlackRock has appointed IPS Group practice manager Shane Ingate as state manager for its Western Australia retail business. Ingate joined BlackRock from IPS Group, where he was practice manager in 2009. Before that he was senior business development ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
In line with the terms of the sale of the Aviva insurance business and platform to NAB last year, the bank's insurance arm MLC will rename the acquired business' popular insurance product Aviva Protectionfirst to MLC Protectionfirst, effective October ...

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
ING Australia has introduced a suite of improvements to its OneCare risk products by broadening the number of occupations that qualify for income protection and providing more relief for medical workers. The income protection cover has been extended ...

REI Super re-signs Ibbotson

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
REI Super has re-appointed Ibbotson Associates as its investment consultant for another three years. The investment consultant was re-appointed following a due diligence process that involved a number of other tenders. Ibbotson has provided investment ...

Cbus CONNECT merger goes ahead

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
Industry super funds Cbus and CONNECT today announced they have formally agreed to merge effective 1 October 2010, creating a $14.7 billion fund. Earlier this year the two boards confirmed they had signed a heads of agreement providing in principle ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Financial markets have comeback to reality after being distracted by the renminbi sideshow courtesy of the Peoples Bank of China. They've woken up to the reality that their dream of a floating, dearer yuan is just that a dream. Oh yes, the PBOC tried ...

Select wins AXA and CFS mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Select Asset Management's Alternatives Portfolio has been added to the AXA North platform and CFS FirstWrap. The Select Alternatives Portfolio went live on the AXA North platform on 10 May, and CFS FirstWrap on 1 June. A press statement from Select ...