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FPs and accountants at odds on SMSF strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... SMSF planners who said they would increase their platform usage. This theme of maximising control of a client's superannuation is best illustrated through the report showing that only 68 per cent of planner's advice to their SMSF clients is acted on. ...

Forward unit pricing at Asset

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... week. "This change in procedure is designed to more closely align Asset's processes with those followed by other superannuation funds and what is considered by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to be best practice," noted information in ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... and pay are starting to look out-of-date and out-of-touch as more super funds become open to the public, said a superannuation expert. Liz Westover, head of superannuation at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, said that the talent pool ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Trafford-Walker, managing director at Frontier Investment Consulting, said the firm is noticing similar trends across their superannuation clients, which include AustralianSuper, HESTA and State Super. "We've had some small investments into international ...

Quadrant wins marketing gong

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Tasmania. The campaign focused on promoting increased membership into the fund through relationship marketing. "Superannuation is not always the easiest product to explain or promote because of its complexity and sometimes dull image," said Quadrant ...

TPD tax changes could increase premiums: ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Tax changes around the deductibility of insurance premiums for disability superannuation benefits has been criticised by one industry association that warns insurance premiums may rise. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

OAMPS signs on Money Solutions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... free, if it relates to a single issue. Money Solutions is backed by the resources of AAS, which administers the superannuation funds of over 4 million Australians. OAMPS Super is part of the larger OAMPS Group, which provides specialist services to markets ...

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
The $4.4 billion Auscoal Super is eyeing small caps and Asia as key international equities segments that currently present the most investment opportunities. Bruce Watson, chief executive of Auscoal, said the fund is seeing a number of opportunities ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis. FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia unveiled 36 different indices that would allow super funds to assess their portfolio performance on an ...

Maritime Super lowers IP premiums

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Maritime Super has negotiated lower premiums on the income protection insurance for the 4,800 Stevedoring members. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime Super, said the fund's claims had been good in the past year, which means the management ...