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One in four retail fund members to switch: CHOICE

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
One in four retail super fund members are considering switching to other super options because they are dissatisfied with the fees, customer service or investment options, CHOICE research found. Choice's survey of 1,400 members in June showed 23 per ...

AUSCOAL Super chief wins award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
Bruce Watson, the head of the super fund billed as one of the top 50 employers in Australia, was named the 2010 Fund Executive of the Year for his achievements in superannuation. The award was handed last night in a dinner reception by the Fund Executive ...

T. Rowe Price hires adviser BDM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
T. Rowe Price has appointed former BT Investment Management and Skandia business development manager, Dale Woods, to a similar role focusing on adviser distribution. Woods spent three years at BT Investment Management as a senior account manager working ...

US reforms pave way for super investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
The Dodd-Frank reforms have opened up new private capital investment opportunities for Australian super funds, said David Hartley, chief investment officer of the $15 billion-plus Sunsuper. Hartley said the bill, which includes the Volcker Rule that ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services assigns a three-star rating to the newly-launched ING Alpha Plus Australian Equity Fund. The fund is a long-only active manager that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high-conviction portfolio. "Though the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market has opened higher, in defiance of a weak lead from Wall Street. On the local market, gold and financial stocks were in positive territory, while mining giant BHP Billiton has opened slightly weaker. At 1015 AEST the benchmark ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
One of Fidelity's investment stalwarts, Anthony Bolton, believes in the potential of the Chinese stockmarket so much he moved to Hong Kong three months ago, and predicts small to mid-size stocks in the region show the best promise. The president of ...

ESI Super overhauls $800m Aus equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
ESI Super has terminated a major Australian equities mandate with QIC and appointed five new managers to the asset class following a restructure of its $800 million Australian equities portfolio. Balanced Equity Management which received $200 million ...

NZ Super pips Aus through intl equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund beats the average return of an Australian super fund by 50 per cent, buoyed by a portfolio that is heavily biased towards international equities. NZ Super recently released results showing the $12.8 billion fund had ...