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Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... (SMSFs) remains considerably higher than that of retail and industry funds, according to the latest Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction report shows. SMSFs can boast 64% satisfaction while industry funds scored just 49%. Retail funds languished behind ...

Westpac warns tough year ahead

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... as dividends to shareholders, the vast majority of whom are Australians owning shares directly or through their superannuation funds," she said. Westpac's financial services arm, which includes retail and business banking as well as its wealth creation ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia (ASFA). In late October, Alan Kohler and News Limited, through a number of their outlets, commenced a ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Funding announced on Friday to encourage women onto superannuation boards looks like a handout to minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten's "union mates," said Mathias Cormann, shadow minister for superannuation. Rather than ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... coping with the extra demand." Chris Batten, managing director of Macquarie Group Services, a provider of tax and superannuation education and products, warns that consumers need to be vigilant to planners and accountants who see them as a cash cow. ...

Hood Sweeney announces three new directors

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... healthcare businesses, and provides complex taxation advice on business and investment structures, commercial, superannuation and estate planning," Rowe said.

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... help retires insure against it, he said. He added that it was also not taken into account when the policies on superannuation products were drawn up. Benari said that Australians had done an "admirable job on the accumulation side," but regardless, more ...

Tas public sector fund awards TD mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund has awarded a term deposit mandate to fixed income specialist FIIG Securities. FIIG was approached by the Tasmanian Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) for its network of more than 60 authorised deposit taking ...

AustSafe Super to merge with retirement fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The rural and regional industry super fund, AustSafe Super, has outlined plans to merge with the Canegrowers Retirement Fund (CRF) early next year. Upon completion of the merger, which is scheduled for 1 March 2013, AustSafe Super will retain its name ...

AustralianSuper to invest $5bn in property

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
AustralianSuper has outlined plans to invest $5 billion in real estate over the next five years which is expected to take its $4 billion property portfolio to approximately $9 billion by 2016. The super fund advised that its decision to invest in real ...