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Cbus to shut down 'capital guaranteed' option, renames default

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) has closed two of its investment options, including 'capital guaranteed', while renaming its default option to 'growth'. Cbus fully closed its moderate growth option at the end of 2010, while ...

Telstra Super upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Telstra Super continues to upgrade its insurance offerings with the most latest improvement designed to benefit members in same-sex relationships. The improvements are part of the fund increasing its level of insurance cover upon the occurrence of a ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... become one of Australia's leading insurers following its ownership change and a spate of significant wins in the superannuation group insurance space. According to Rainmaker, TOWER is hot on the heels of AIA to become the leading group insurer in Australia ...

ASX marks a decade of local ETFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... this rapidly expanding product group to an institutional audience, including asset allocators, portfolio managers, superannuation fund managers and investment advisers," said Will Wilson, ASX general manager sales and marketing. The conference, which ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). To date, the self-managed super funds is already a third the size of the entire superannuation industry with $420 billion in assets while an estimated $50 billion of funds are in managed accounts and another $4 billion-plus ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
BT Financial Group hopes to replicate its success in the superannuation market when it launched BT Super of Life with the launch of a range of insurance products under its new brand, BT Insurance. "This is a logical next step in BT's innovation agenda... ...

Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... A, Lend Lease Investment Management Australia A, UCA Funds Management MFSS 2011 Investment Stewardship Award for Superannuation Funds A, Australian Ethical Investment A, CareSuper A, Cbus A, Christian Super Correction: This article has been update 14/02/2011 ...

ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... standards between tax agents and financial planners who deliver tax advice. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten met with representatives from the financial planning, tax and accounting bodies, Treasury, TPB and ASIC to ...

Sunsuper launches planner scholarship

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Sunsuper addresses gender diversity in financial services by funding scholarships designed for budding female financial planners. The inaugural Marion Munro scholarship, established in honour of a Sunsuper financial planner who lost her life to breast ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Leading superannuation expert and academic John Evans believes there are more ways to develop the annuities market than are currently being explored. The uncertainty attached to longevity, or people outliving their savings, and its impact on the wider ...