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Super funds turn to dark pools

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Large superannuation funds are talking to bulk share-trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia to quietly deal in large blocks of equities, the broker said yesterday. At a press luncheon at Sydney's upmarket Rockpool restaurant, Liquidnet Australia ...

Fund reaps reward in shopping centre debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... securities. The deal is subject to ratings agency confirmation of the AAA rating on the note. The universities-based superannuation fund is purchasing the securities from Charter Hall Retail REIT, which invests in shopping centres. The securities are ...

BlackRock provides advisers with super SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
BlackRock Investment Management targets retail superannuation clients with a separately managed account (SMA) product that offers SMSF like features to investors. The investment manager is anticipating flows of around $100 million into the super SMA ...

Ansett trustees make a move

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... for failed airline Ansett will finally issue an interim distribution statement to members of the Ansett Residual Superannuation Fund, some ten years after the collapse of the company. In the next six to eight weeks, up to 11,000 ex-Ansett workers will ...

Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Financial planners are worried that low-cost advice from superannuation funds will hurt their businesses in the future and say it is unfair competition as the fees are hidden. At a recent Financial Planners Association luncheon in Sydney, advisers made ...

Bernie Fraser moves on from Cbus and AustralianSuper

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Former Reserve Bank of Australia chairman Bernie Fraser has announced his retirement from the boards of industry superannuation fund giants Cbus and Australian Super. Fraser is leaving on June 30, but remains as chairman on the board of industry fund-owned ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Financial planners relying on research are sitting ducks for legal action in the wake of the Trio Capital superannuation fraud and need to protect themselves, a planner has said. In the case of the Trio Capital fraud, adviser Ross Tarrant's firm Tarrants ...

State Street increases super potential

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
State Street has bulked up its superannuation department with two senior appointments in newly created roles. After seven years as a relationship manager at State Street, Daniel Cheever has stepped up to the role of head of superannuation for State ...

Fin Services 15pc skill shortage

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Clarius Skills Index, skill supply in financial services has tightened significantly with the wealth management and superannuation sectors finding a gap of 10 to 15 per cent to meet current service demand levels. Financial planning was noted as having ...

ASFA wants action on tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is heading to Canberra to lobby the Federal Government over capital gains tax relief, association chief Pauline Vamos told a packed Sydney luncheon yesterday. The organisation wants continued tax ...