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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2005
... day the Reserve Bank of Australia has its monthly board meeting, although economists are unanimous in expectations that interest rates will not change from the current 5.50 per cent. Elsewhere, National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey ...

AXA trustee director asked to show cause

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2005
... group of 236 members of the deferred benefit scheme. Those members complained to APRA that the method of calculating the interest rate on termination benefits left in the fund was changed from a smoothed rate to an actual earnings rate. APRA and ASIC ...

IFS changes advertisements to suit ASIC

Industry Fund Services (IFS) will be allowed to advertise on behalf of industry superannuation funds after it gave the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) an enforceable undertaking late Friday. The enforceable undertaking follows ...

Effective marketing needed for Choice

Specific target marketing could be the key to attracting and retaining members for superannuation funds in the new choice of fund environment. Aon Australia communications practice leader Ingrid Selene says heavy communication between superannuation ...

Be prepared to pay for advice: FPA

... certainly not without very careful consideration. Funds can be changed at any time in the future and when it is in the best interest of investors - not just on July 1, 2005," the committee's chair Louse Biti says. Biti said investors should consider ...

Sanford Securities signs St.George for margin lending

... preferred margin lending providers for IWL subsidiaries, the Australian Investment Exchange (AUSIEX) and Sanford Securities. Interest rate discounts and brokerage fee reductions will now be available to clients who trade through AUSIEX or Sanford Securities ...

Guild forms its own super fund

Guild Financial Services has decided to set up its own superannuation fund to best serve the interests of the members of GuildSuper. The new fund will be called the Guild Retirement Fund and will be operational from 1 July 2005. GuildSuper is currently ...

Morningstar views United as a steady earner

... years and five years respectively. However Jodiowski and Crompton also oversee United's global equities, property, fixed interest, and multi-sector strategies and this leads Morningstar to believe the team's resources are being stretched a little too ...

ASIC and APRA accept undertaking from AXA Australia staff plan

... enforceable undertaking from the trustee of the AXA Australia Staff Superannuation Plan in relation to the calculation of interest rates on member benefits and buy out offers by the employer. Specifically the undertakings are in relation to a decision ...

Industry funds in talks with ASIC over ads

... the campaign be withdrawn by 10am the following day. He hopes the issue is resolved this week. "It is in the public's interest to have good information," he says. But he is concerned the regulators are constantly being lobbied and briefed by people with ...