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CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Richard Klipin. "The FOFA Bill is part of a cleverly contrived plan to concentrate the control of Australian's superannuation money in the hands of the union-controlled industry super funds for the benefit of the Labor Party," he said. Yet Mack asks ...

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... after a new feature was revealed without prior consultation with the industry. Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, yesterday introduced the Future of Financial Advice Bill (the FOFA Bill) with the addition of a new feature ...

Super $10,000 scholarship up for grabs

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... available to its membership base and offers the opportunity to attend the fourth annual 2012 Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Global Dialogue in London in addition to the cash award. According to the Dialogue program, delegates will be ...

BT, MLC rocket up the super charts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... standings thanks to huge lifts in the proportion of their satisfied customers, according to Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report. The report is based on interviews with 30,000 consumers conducted during the past year. "In the last month ...

Statewide and Local enter merger due diligence

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
The merger between StatewideSuper and Local Super is moving to the next stage after receiving in principle approval from the major shareholders of both funds. Chair of StatewideSuper, Nicholas Begakis, and Local Super chair, Juliet Brown, said the proposed ...

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Australia's pension system has been rated second in the world, behind the Netherlands which secured first place with its action on SG increases and raising the retirement age. According to the 2011 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Netherlands ...

Super fund ramps up insurance access

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
BUSS(Q), the Queensland based super fund for building and construction workers has introduced a new phone based claims and underwriting process to make it easier for its 90,000 members to interact with the fund's insurer. The changes which include customised ...

Life insurance sales close in on $10bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... while new sales were flat, down marginally by 0.4%. "This market is affected by trends in the stand-alone Corporate Superannuation market as well as Master Funds and Other Investment Platforms extending their services by providing risk insurance services," ...

Sunsuper appoints new consultant as model shifts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Sunsuper has appointed Ibbotson Associates Australia to consult on medium term portfolio tilts, adding to its recent reappointment of Mercer, as its relationship with consultants continues to evolve. The $18 billion super fund is also close to bringing ...

Northern Trust awarded $24bn custody mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... will provide a full range of master custody and related services for the newly formed $24 billion Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. It is the custodian's first full service super fund client. Starting early next year, Northern Trust will provide ...