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Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... responsible officer of a body corporate that is a trustee, investment manager or custodian of an APRA-regulated superannuation entity, Beck acknowledged her role and agreed to assist APRA's investigation and address the regulator's concerns, admitting ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... now are still far from ideal but fund returns are trending upwards again which should settle the nerves of many superannuation investors," he said. Consumers should also be encouraged that the slowly recovering albeit jittery share market returning nearly ...

Merged LGsuper fund born today

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Today marks the first official day of LGsuper and City Super as a merged entity. The superannuation funds combined last night to form the third largest super fund in Queensland with $6 billion in funds under management and almost 100,000 members, LGsuper ...

AustralianSuper, Westscheme merger completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... AustralianSuper. Coinciding with the merger, AustralianSuper has launched a new aviation division with The Aviation Industry Superannuation Trust (TAIST), its very first member. TAIST brings 5,000 members to the new Aviation Industry Division, joining ...

Women in Super scholarship winners announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... what it takes to be a director. The 2011 winners were Anne Whittaker, investment officer with Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund; Cathy Gowing, senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Elaine Lawler, client relationship manager at ...

Life insurance gap down 33pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... since the GFC. "Increased levels of personal insurance have been driven by an increase of default cover within superannuation, a greater focus on risk insurance by financial advisers and superannuation fund trustees as well as the growing direct life ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Community housing will be pitched to superannuation funds as an investment at a conference this month as experts say a national housing shortage is driving up rents. Cath Noye from industry fund CBUS will chair a panel discussion on alternative market ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Solutions Advisers, a dealer group of 60 planners. In March it bought Perth-based legal business SuperGeneration, a superannuation specialist, through its WA subsidiary McDonald Pynt Lawyers. Chief financial officer Michael Spurr said financial planning ...

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
The merger of Vision Super and Equipsuper will continue after the two funds cleared a major obstacle that delayed the deal to 2012. The merger hit a roadblock on May 25 when trouble arose around the merging of Vision Super's pooled super trust, Equipsuper ...

First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... ranked first in the one year performance to 31 May 2011 in default investment option performance for workplace superannuation funds. The fund recorded 13.1% growth for that period. FSS is bringing some $19 billion in funds under management and around ...