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Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
An academic paper that warns five US pension funds could run out of money in less than 10 years due to chronic underfunding and poor returns serves as a precautionary tale for local investors. In a paper published last August titled 'The Liabilities ...

IQ Business grows 20pc due to Cooper Review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
IQ Business Group has benefited from the Federal Government's review of the superannuation system, growing more than 20 per cent as trustees assess the potential impact. Graham Sammells, chief executive at IQ Business Group, which works with super funds ...

CalPERS buys Gatwick Airport stake

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has bought a 12 per cent stake in London Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners for $178 million. Gatwick Airport is the UK's second most active airport and one of the busiest ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Superannuation body AIST rejects ad campaigns from mining groups claiming the proposed resources super profit tax (RSPT) will hurt retirement savings - and calls on ASIC to look into these "irresponsible" and "misleading" claims. AIST wants to alert ...

Haddock appointed chairman of ACSRF

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Paribas deputy general manager, Richard Haddock, has been appointed as the new chairman of Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund. His term is effective 1 July 2010. Richard replaces Kelvin Canavan, AM, who has been a member of the trustee ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... bit." Clitheroe said focus groups have shown that when investors were asked why they were not putting more into superannuation or taking more action, people were inundated with too much information, including that on price and performance. The end result ...

DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
New York's State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, has issued a statement condemning press reports that he will allow New York's $150 billion-plus pension fund to balance the state budget. "There have been a number of outrageous and unfounded rumors ...

AvSuper unveils intra-fund advice service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... full-fledged intra-fund advice service next month. AvSuper received authorisation under ASIC's class order intra-fund superannuation advice relief to trustees on 27 January. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the Canberra-based fund, said the fund ...

Multiport buys AR Group stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Multiport has bought a stake in SMSF administration firm, AR Group. Multiport chief executive John McIlroy said, "The purchase was strategic to us as we are broadening our service offerings to appeal more to the accounting market." "The AR Group has ...

SMSF education gains traction

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
More than 700 new members have joined SMSF online resource centre, www.thesmsfreview.com.au in its first three weeks of launching. Paragem Dealer Services introduced the website to the financial planning community in late May. Ian Knox, managing director ...