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New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... and analysis from a consumers' point of view. She said that the centre will potentially benefit everyone. According to a study by Oliver Wyman as well as ASIC and ATO sources, if the centre could help educate super fund members about lost super, super ...

Citibank appoints head of credit acceptance

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Citi has appointed Joanne Breuer as the head of credit acceptance for both secured and unsecured lending in the retail banking business in Australia, Citibank. She will report to Vasu Rao, head of credit operations, working in a new role previously ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... has been awarded a five-star status for overall satisfaction in the Beaton Benchmarks 2012 - Life Insurance Intermediaries Study for the fifth consecutive year, making it the only provider in the Australian insurance market to achieve such a feat. Advisers ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Business School has added to fears that wealth managers must expect lower returns than has previously been predicted. "The new study shows that equity risk premiums are going to be around 3.5-4.5% rather than 7-8% forecast by most pension funds," he ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... 2012. "There is a significant jump in the appetite for direct shares, and for the first time since the inception of this study there are more investors who intend to reduce their exposure to term deposits than increase their exposure," he said. The results ...

Small shareholders eclipsed by instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... are increasing their allocation to listed Australian companies while small shareholders have slashed their portfolios, a study for the Australian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) shows. The data reveals a decline in the percentage of issued capital ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... relative to GDP rose to 101% in 2012, according to a Towers Watson report. According to the Towers Watson Global Pension Assets Study, Australian superannuation assets relative to GDP rose from 96% in 2011 to 101% in 2012, joining the Netherlands, Switzerland ...

EDHEC-Risk reveals risk control plan

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
After a three-year study into the European collective investment scheme industry, the EDHEC-Risk Institute has recommended a system of 'shared responsibility' to limit the non-financial risks which emerged following the global financial crisis. The ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... Revelations of HOSTPLUS plans to become a PST follow last week's revelations that it was one of the clear standouts in a Rainmaker study of extra benefits offered by Personal and Workplace superannuation products. While Energy Super topped the table ...

Energy Super tops extra benefits table

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
Energy Super, CareSuper and MLC MasterKey Business Super are clear standouts in a study of extra benefits offered by Personal and Workplace superannuation products, according to Rainmaker research. In its 2012 review of extra benefits and features ...