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Ausgrowth unitholders revolt against APGF

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... were hesitant to abandon APGF based on misleading statements issued by APGF that a change could put the bank loans in default, attract stamp duty and investor distributions could be reduced," said Arnold and Bacon in a statement. "Investors are genuinely ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... to conjure worse things to come - as they did when the GFC was the only game in town, when Greece was on the verge of default, when Italy and Spain looked like they were gonna need bailing, when America lost its AAA-rating. All these were extrapolated ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index has continued its climb back into positive territory posting a return of 1.90% for the 12 months to end March 2012. This is up slightly from 0.26% at end February, -0.4% at end January and 1.7% at end ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... boards are also the employee and employer representatives that recommend which superannuation fund should be used as the default fund for their employees," Brogden told the ABC. "So you've got a situation where the industry body and the union in a certain ...

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... an optional roll-over and loss relief for capital gains and capital losses will be provided on mandatory transfers of default members' benefits and relevant assets to a MySuper product in another complying superannuation fund. Self-managed super funds ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... when you look at the VIX "fear" index. It closed at 18.97 last night - below the plus 21 reading when speculations of a default in small country Greece was rife and the above 30 print back in November when bigger countries Spain and Italy were thought ...

Default super in modern awards justified: Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... Knowledge of the industry in which members work, results in better-tailored products and justifies the continued support of default super funds in modern awards, according to Cbus. The super fund for the building and construction industry used its submission ...

Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... contributor to this problem has been the asset allocations of those nearing retirement which remained fully committed to default and similar composite portfolios," read the report. "These portfolios suffered significant falls and in many cases income ...

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... self-governing in 1988, since 2006 new employees have been assigned to First State Super which is now the territory's default super fund. Prior to 2006 PSSap, administered by the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, formerly known as ARIA, was the ...