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Policy war erupts over super clearing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
A war of words has broken out between the Coalition and the Government over which party offers small business the best method for processing superannuation payments. The Coalition, on Friday, issued a statement blasting the Government's Medicare superannuation ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...

Fundamental indexing isn't

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Fundamental indexing, when fund managers pick stocks based on market indicators other than market capitalisation, is just a disguised form of active management, said Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at Vanguard. While traditional indexing assigns ...

Macarthur Cook founder joins Wealth Within

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
The former managing director of real estate company MacarthurCook joins boutique fund manager Wealth Within as a non-executive director. Craig Dunstan has over 25 years of experience in financial services and founded MacarthurCook in 2002. Prior to ...

Customers rate SMSFs the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The latest Superannuation Satisfaction report from consumer researcher Roy Morgan has found that 75 per cent of SMSF customers are satisfied with their fund returns, compared to just 52 per cent for industry fund customers and 47 per cent for retail ...

PC to review how defaults appointed to Awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The Productivity Commission will in 2012 review how default funds are appointed to Industrial Awards, said superannuation minister Bill Shorten, just one day after APRA released figures showing that the retail sector has again under performed the not-for-profit ...

MTAA Super strikes back against claims of unhedging

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
MTAA Super has rejected claims it lost $500 million in currency transactions in 2009 and dismissed claims it was unhedged during the depths of the GFC. "The Fund did not have $500 million of losses because of the removal of currency hedges during the ...

Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Coalition has adopted the ALP's superannuation clearing house policy as their preferred way to simplify contribution payments for small businesses. Under the morphed policy, the Coalition has proposed small business employers send superannuation ...

Continuous disclosure continuous change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Continuous disclosure for Australia's listed companies is becoming more complex due the introduction of stock market competition, new media, and algorithmic trading and companies need to adapt their investor relations strategies to handle these developments. ...

APRA super fund grillings set new precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Superannuation regulator APRA interviewing super funds under oath, forcing them to explain investment decisions, should set alarm bells ringing across Australia's investment industry. Advisers to the $6 billion public offer industry fund, MTAA Super ...