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AustralianSuper and AMP fight for super's most wanted

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... choice, not AustralianSuper. In addition, AMP is set to intensify competition when it consolidated six of its core superannuation offering into two, with its latest low cost-entry level product, Flexible Lifetime SuperEasy [i.e. similar to a no-frills ...

ING Aus opens Wollongong hub, to hire 600 staff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally this morning opened the new ING superannuation and investments operations centre in Wollongong south of Sydney, the upgraded hub that is set to grow its staff numbers from 350 to 600 in three years. The four-and-a-half ...

Dimensional wins $45m Aussie eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... 10-year period. Since inception in July 1999, the strategy has delivered after-tax, pre-liquidation returns to superannuation funds of 13.01 per cent per annum, above the 9.35 per cent of the benchmark S&P/ASX-300 index, said Jim Parker, communications ...

TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... the past three years extended this focus on partnering and customer servicing technologies into the collective superannuation schemes markets." TOWER Australia posted a $28.4 million net profit, up 5 per cent compared to the first half of 2009. The company's ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Investment and Financial Services Association is implementing a new investment reporting format that will require retail super funds to revert back to performance figures gross of any ongoing and advice fees. The objective is to facilitate comparability ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... Services Ltd and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation announce full year earnings. In Sydney, the chairman of superannuation review, Jeremy Cooper, is to address a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch. In Melbourne, Department of Treasury ...

City Super appoints Gibson as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... chief executive of ESI Super. During her six years with ESI Super, Karen guided the fund through several major superannuation changes and enhanced the member experience through education, advice and improved operations. After leaving ESI Super, Gibson ...

LUCRF rolls out financial advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
LUCRF Super has launched a new financial advice service, following ASIC approval to extend authorisation of the fund's Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC approved the change to LUCRF Super's licence on 19 May, enabling the fund to give ...

Simpler, faster, cheaper rollovers: IFF

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
The Industry Funds Forum has launched an electronic commerce hub aimed at revolutionising super rollovers. IFF unveiled a new electronic commerce hub that aims to cut down processing time, cost, and simplify the process of rollover transfers between ...

Dixon to list corporate bond funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Service is seeking to list three of its corporate bond funds on the ASX. Alex MacLachlan, head of funds management at Dixon Advisory and a director of the funds, said it's very difficult for small investors to buy a portfolio ...