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Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Australian shares influence 91% of overall default fund returns despite only holding one-third of super fund assets, according to research from SelectingSuper and its research partner Rainmaker Information. The August SelectingSuper crediting rates ...

AustralianSuper three year fee freeze

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
AustralianSuper will freeze its administration fees over the next three years for its 1.8 million membership base, in a bid to highlight concerns over administration costs. Starting from July 1 this year, the AustralianSuper administration cost of $1.50 ...

Advice boutique gets image shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... paraplanning service for risk Statements of Advice, with plans to extend this to include any risk advice within superannuation or comprehensive investment advice over the next year.

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... million taxpayers from having to fill in a tax reform. Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, also spoke at the forum about the unnecessary complexity of the tax system but also its strengths, with Australia ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... followed by a fixed income fund in the first quarter of 2012. Beyond that, the plan is to launch an Islamic based superannuation fund with Crescent Wealth estimating that Islamic investing in Australia will reach $13 billion by 2019. "We are building ...

AustralianSuper creates online advice portal

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... advisers. "At any point in the process the member can stop and then re-engage later or put in a call to our phone based superannuation advisers, who can access the history of advice provided and pick up where the online advice tool left off. It's all ...

IFM boosts admin support for growing asset base

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Consulting. IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors and is owned by 32 major not-for-profit Australian superannuation funds.

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... executive officer, Hewison Private Wealth. "Overall, this additional red tape goes against the grain of a simplified superannuation system, particularly when there are already systems in place to protect the integrity of self managed super funds and ...

Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It is critical that appropriate financing mechanisms are put in place if super funds are to contribute as much to social projects as the government would like, according to Christian Super. Chief Executive Officer Peter Murphy said it was of upmost ...

Prime Super secures Mexican gas acquisition

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
Prime Super has landed part of a 40.1% acquisition in a Mexican gas project through its asset consultant, Access Capital Advisers, the second such investment from the super fund. Prime Super has an investment in Chile in gas distribution, which will ...