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FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON | MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011

... "Sunsuper's decision embodies the industry's transition to a more granular level of accountability to the advantage of superannuation members," said Julie Andrews, director FTSE Group, Australia. Andrews said that the FTSE ASFA indexes also give users ...

Sunsuper awards $700m mandate

MATT WOODINGTON | FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011

Sunsuper has undergone a slight re-weighting of its Australian Equities portfolio, handing a new $700 million mandate to Vinva Investment Management. The Vinva mandate, which went live last week, is part of a wider reallocation of funds in Sunsuper's ...

Shorten responds to bias accusations

ELISE BURGESS | FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011

... labelling the claims as "a bit rich". Yesterday the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) claimed the industry superannuation funds were behind the FOFA reforms, were formulating policy and issuing "warnings" to financial advisers that to resist the ...

Plum has members in its sights with new appointment

RACHEL DAVIS | FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011

... appointments in Plum's Education team who will focus on working with clients to engage their employees with their superannuation. "Tony has a real passion for engaging and educating members about their retirement options and the strong results this can ...

AMP targets lost super to attract members

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011

... building bridges between AMP planners and super. AMP have introduced a new free customer service designed to help AMP superannuation customers consolidate their super into a single account. In addition to this, the wealth management giant will also use ...

Software speeds up SMSF creation

ALISON BEVEGE | WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011

Financial advisers and accountants can set up new self-managed super funds in under ten minutes with SMSF software which allows trustees to invest in anything from shares to bull semen. OneStepSMSF, a joint project between technology provider BGL and ...

Vision Super remains hopeful on Equip merger

MATT WOODINGTON | WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011

Vision Super is confident that its merger with Equipsuper will still go ahead, despite fears that it was off after negotiations between the two hit some union hurdles, as reported by Financial Standard on May 26. "Vision Super will continue negotiations ...

Charter Hall battling hedge funds over office REIT

MATT WOODINGTON | TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011

Superannuation funds could have a say in the future of Charter Hall Office REIT's $2 billion Australian portfolio if a trio of US hedge funds continues to agitate for a sale. Charter Hall Office REIT has confirmed that it will sell 100 per cent of the ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE | TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011

... Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled in the industry fund's Home Ownership and Superannuation White Paper, which is to be published in the August edition of FS Super. At present, just 15 per cent of retirees do not own ...

UniSuper keen to boost after-tax returns

MATT WOODINGTON | MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011

UniSuper is looking to increase member returns by appointing GBST to provide after-tax benchmarking solutions to assess fund manager performance. The $28 billion fund said that the Cooper review had made the case for super funds to implement after-tax ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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