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ESSSuper introduces monthly switching

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... following month. For instance, switch requests received from 1 April up to (and including) 20 April will have their new request made effective from 1 May. While the switching frequency has increased, ESSSuper cautions its 150,000 members that superannuation ...

More than ratings: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's is adding more staff and developing extra research services to boost the global firepower of the ratings agency Down Under. Leanne Milton, Standard & Poor's head of research, said the firm's aim is to make their ratings and research ...

AIRC sets more default super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... their default superannuation funds. The revisions are part of the Award Modernisation process commenced last year at the request of the government in relation to the introduction of the Fair Work Bill now before Parliament. A preliminary analysis examination ...

NCSF to adopt weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... unit pricing which will make it quicker to report returns," said Faorlin. "In an environment such as this you need to request for crediting rates to be struck more frequently than monthly because of the movements in the market. Going to weekly unit pricing... ...

No bail-out for cash-strapped assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Super funds with unlisted property in their portfolio should be prepared to "let failures fail" - particularly if managers are requesting more inflows to a poorly performing fund, said a leading investment consultant. Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing ...

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 ...

NAB deploys Telstra tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... application from VeCommerce, callers to NAB will be routed to more than 150 destinations within the bank by simply stating their request. Telstra enterprise and government executive director, Paul Geason said: "Telstra has long been an advocate of speech ...

S&P withdraws Lazard ratings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Lazard Asset Management Pacific has requested ratings firm Standard & Poor's to withdraw the four-star ratings on five Lazard equities funds. The funds affected were Lazard Select Australian Equity Funds (I and W Classes), Lazard Australian Equity Funds ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... concern on executive remuneration and its alignment to long-term risk management. In response to the Prime Minister's request, APRA is developing a principles based framework focused on the structure of executive remuneration. The proposed framework ...