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Govt to offer more choices on FHSAs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... buys a home prior to the end of that four-year period, the balance of their account must be transferred to their superannuation so that it remains in a concessionally taxed environment. Under proposals announced today, however, the government said any ...

Going global with Threadneedle

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Australian institutions had already been forced to look offshore for investment opportunities, given the size of the superannuation savings pool relative to the domestic equity market, he said. Despite some obvious differences between the two markets ...

ASIC super expert joins ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
ASFA has hired former ASIC senior executive superannuation leader, Louise du Pre-Alba, as its new director of policy. Du Pre-Alba was previously head of super at ASIC and will take up her role immediately on a part-time basis, before working full-time ...

NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
NAB Super has increased its currency exposure and lowered its international shares currency hedge, as the Aussie dollar continues to defy gravity. NAB Super reduced its international shares currency hedge from 30 per cent to 20 per cent late last month. ...

Russell readies for intra-fund advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... when the new model is launched. That team will be in addition to the 25 individuals working in Russell's existing superannuation business. The centre would be supported by an offshore service provider for back-office transactional functions. Meanwhile ...

Rise of in-house fund mgmt a game changer

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... $10.5 billion after QSuper - the super fund for Queensland government employees - decided to become a regulated superannuation fund and begin in-sourcing functions such as strategic investment advice and investment administration, which had previously ...

SMSFs more sensitive to advice fees: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The global financial crisis has made self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees more sensitive to fees, with 15 per cent of those surveyed in a new Investment Trends research expecting to pay less to access financial advice. The new research gives a glimpse ...

CalPERS shifts $1bn to GID

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
US pension fund CalPERS has consolidated its $1.1 billion core multifamily apartment portfolio to long-term partner GID Investment Advisers LLC (GID). The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said that it made the decision to advance ...

Treasury rebuffs MySuper critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... Australian Treasury, were speaking at last week's Australian Conference of Economists. They said most contemporary superannuation policy has naively assumed that fund members were rationale and made good decisions based on an analysis of the best available ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The superannuation preservation age should be aligned with pension age and more means testing of benefits will be needed to contain superannuation costs, the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD) has told the incoming government. ...