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More meat in Meat Super

... that with scale, funds can push costs down yet MEISF has managed to keep its fees low since 1981 despite its small membership base. Arguably, the trade off is that it is a no-frills fund with no investment options. That is, all the members are under ...

Fees are going up, but it wasn't meant to be

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... definitely is the government's fault. Illustrating this fee push, many industry super funds have been increasing their membership fees slightly while investment fee ranges have also been increasing as the complexity of their investment portfolios have ...

Members Equity runs on with Fremantle Dockers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... short period of time with over 150 industry superannuation funds affiliated with it. Just as Fremantle has set another membership record for the fourth consecutive year." MEB head of retail origination, Geoff Gravenall, said MEB were more than pleased ...

Quadrant gets ready as baby boomers cash in super

... December. "We spent a lot of time thinking of what we were going to do next and we thought we'd go public to broaden our membership base and to grow the fund." Four months since going public offer, Davy said that their member numbers are growing. "We've ...

First State Super goes public offer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
... will enable the fund to grow significantly in a competitive choice of fund environment," Dr Parry said. "Our strong membership base and funds under management will allow us to continue to pass on benefits to members in the form of low fees and competitive ...

AIST and CMSF merger to strengthen trustee services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... the proposed new AIST-CMSF entity. With fewer and fewer super funds operating in the Australian space, the potential membership of AIST was also fading. This is impacting the organisation's income, which was described by AIST president Susan Ryan as ...

Education drives choice: Plum

... providing superannuation for medium to large size employers. Since 1998, it has won more than 80 clients and grew its membership base to more than 110,000. But unlike other super funds, Plum also has a strong educational services division, which has ...

Finsia surges ahead to 20,000 members

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
... integrity. The announcement follows a reported increase in their surplus to $1 million over 2005 and a 30 per cent jump in membership numbers to 20,000. Finsia's CEO, Brian Salter, said the achievement will help them gain ground as not just an educator ...

HOSTPLUS tackles the competition and joins Melbourne Storm

... members to become associated with the brand through sport - one of the most salient forms of entertainment among core membership." The sponsorship is touted as an innovative means of increasing the not-for-profit fund's profile. "The partnership is significant ...

BUSS(Q) super hits $1bn mark

... growth on the back of the booming Queensland property and construction sector. "We have had a 14 per cent growth in membership over the last year, more than a 40 per cent increase in funds under management and 22 per cent growth in employer participation ...