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Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... recent lunchtime briefing in Sydney that transparency would become a point of competition in the future as the superannuation industry moves to improve its practice. In the recent revamp of the flagship FirstChoice Wholesale platform, the unit pricing ...

FSS and Health Super merger on track

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... First State Super and Health Super are on track to finalise their merger by June 30, creating one of the largest superannuation funds in Australia. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super, said the merger was progressing smoothly with 19 ...

Finsia creates site for industry students

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... site also provides information on corporate finance and wholesale banking, financial markets, managed funds and superannuation, private wealth management and retail banking. There is also a blog featuring graduates now in the workplace, a directory of ...

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper marks another turning point in superannuation history when it created a new 'head of policy' role, yet another sign that the country's largest super fund is taking on a leadership role in an industry set to manage trillions of dollars ...

Equity Trustees names head of wealth mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... to his new role. Equity Trustees manages in excess of $4 billion across its funds management, private client and superannuation businesses and has in excess of $14 billion under responsible entity administration.

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... said any affected market would push up prices across the board. Robinson called for an oil vulnerability index of superannuation funds so advisers and clients can see how exposed they are to a rising oil price. "We're keen to see all super funds do an ...

AustralianSuper names former Hastings director as head of infra

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Hastings Fund Management. Peasley, who has more than 16 years of infrastructure investment experience, will join the superannuation giant as the Head of Infrastructure in a move that reflects the strategic importance of the sector to AustralianSuper's ...

Platforms bounce back after GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... recovered from the meltdown following their 6.5 per cent growth in 2010. Rainmaker said platform growth matched superannuation's 7.4 per cent growth over the same period, reinforcing the disconnect between these distributive markets and the underlying ...

Franklin Global Growth gets three-star rating

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Franklin Global Growth has now been rated by Standard & Poor's, completing the analyst firm's review of the International Equities Large Cap - Concentrated peer group. Franklin Global Growth was given three stars in its debut grading by the ratings ...

ASIC starts shadow shopping

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... 'quality' advice in this area. The new research comes four years after ASIC's last shadow shopping survey into superannuation advice. In 2006, the regulator released the findings of the survey, which showed that 'strategic' advice provided by financial ...