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FPA checklist to guide members on super switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has released a checklist for its members working with clients on switching their superannuation. The checklist focuses on information gathering and comes in response to concern over legislative requirements for ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

... super customers who switched super funds during the time of the ASIC surveillance and offer them a review and the option to switch out of AMP with their fees reimbursed and, more importantly, their insurance cover intact. But six months on since the ...

Go green, go dim

Switch off your electricity and save the world was the message from over 60 major finance companies that signed up to an initiative to cut Sydney's greenhouse gas emissions. It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie but on 31 March the Sydney building ...

QIC moves AQR mandate to long-short

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... research, however, indicated that the structure of the existing investment was not fully utilising AQR's potential. "The switch to the Released Constraint strategy is a better use of our risk budget and an example of where we are able to work with a ...

All is not lost

They say money don't grow on trees. Not unless it's unclaimed or lost super money which grew from $6 billion four years ago to $9.7 billion this year, according to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The ATO has launched an online service that allows people ...

Virgin conquers web

... customers can access customer service or receive performance updates by email. "One of the biggest reasons that members won't switch, even after the choice legislation, is because of the paperwork. So it's great to see funds like Virgin and maxsuper ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to climb higher this morning following a global share market rally and continuing strength in commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0758 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading up ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket was stronger at noon following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.7 points to 5486.4 while the all ordinaries climbed 13.8 points to 5469.3. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... net-flows during the quarter, with all sectors except cash and 'other asset' being negative as managers and super funds switch more money to the alternatives asset classes.

Size pushes IXIS to close global credit fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
IXIS Asset Management is closing its Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund, just a year after launching the fund in Australia, after it broke through $750 million in assets. Karyn West, IXIS managing director, said the way the fund operates switching ...