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NGS Super targets female fin lit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... has revamped its website targeting women members as part of a financial literacy campaign. "There is naturally a strong focus on financial education, particularly for women, who make up about 70 per cent of membership. This starts right on the home page ...

SimCorp upgrades risk mgmt tech

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
SimCorp has released the next version of the firm's SimCorp Dimension product, version 4.5, which focuses on alleviating risk across front, middle and back offices of investment management firms. The software has been enhanced with multi factor risk ...

Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... moderate, at a lower cost." Robin Bowerman, Vanguard Investments Australia head of retail, said financial planners should focus on the long term and clients asset allocation. "[I'm not sure about] changing your portfolio methodology because markets have ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
'Never underestimate the power of optimism.' (Camp Quality) This was perfectly proven by the equity markets' strong performance last week where many of the indices - if not all - spiked to their best weekly gain since November 2008. News reports and ...

Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Revised statistics on superannuation contributions released by APRA and the ATO reveal an explosion in the amount of money Australians are contributing into their super funds, now running at a quarter of total wages and salaries. APRA figures released ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... and encouraged trustees to have a strategy in placed should asset values continue to fall, he said. But D'Ascenzo's key focus is trustees attempting to access their retirement savings early and warned trustees against fraudulent early access schemes. ...

WHK and Macquarie form partnership

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... ability to facilitate future growth," Coleman said. "We're looking forward to working closely with Macquarie to continue our focus on providing quality service to our clients and to accessing Macquarie's specialist products and services to assist us ...

AFA unveils policy committee

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers Limited (AFA) has announced the launch of a new committee to work with the Government and the regulator, ASIC. The Committee brings together AFA members and broader industry experts to work on key issues facing ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
West Australian-based Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is considering increasing its current asset allocation of 5 per cent into unlisted assets after it was hard hit by the downfall of equities markets. GESB, which had $8.4 billion in ...

Maritime Super sets sail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... provide financial planning advice, enhance our delivery for members both face to face, online and on the telephone. The key focus is keeping costs down across the services we offer to all member," he said. The fund now offers five different investment ...