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AFA supports PIS strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... advice. He said the industry super fund advertising campaign alludes to the fact that financial advice is only about superannuation, but comprehensive advice includes debt management, tax planning and investments. "In the long term this argument is doing ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... controls to look at sensitivity analysis to make sure the unit pricing is in parameters." Bob Faorlin, manager of superannuation at National Catholic Superannuation Fund, said he works with super fund trustees to ensure they can manage any operational ...

Govt drafts new credit regime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... will be categorised as credit service providers and required to hold an ACL. Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said credit providers and advisers would need to meet a higher standard than currently exists at state or ...

REST deploys $300m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
REST Superannuation pours $300 million into the credit markets through two new fund manager mandates. REST invested $150 million in Credit Suisse's Syndicated Loan Fund, while $100 million was deployed into the Stone Tower Offshore Credit Fund during ...

Secondaries top PE list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Superannuation funds with cash to spare should consider picking investment gems from the private equity secondary market - which is clearly favouring the buyer in this current environment, said a global expert. Sally Collier, partner at Pantheon Ventures ...

ITC targets Gen Y with trees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... number of years, that person could use the additional funding to buy a house or make additional contributions to superannuation after the HECS debt has been paid off. "This strategy enables financial advisers to target the sons and daughters of their ...

AustSafe Super licensed for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
The $1 billion AustSafe Super is ramping up its presence in the planning community following the licensing of its regional managers to provide financial advice. AustSafe Super, the industry fund for rural and regional Australia, last week added to its ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... that next month's budget may seek to re-dress the regressive way higher income earners are treated through the superannuation system. For example, by re-introducing restrictions on salary sacrificing and limits on contributions deductibility. The biggest ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... single sector investment options on this more streamlined platform," said Vicki Doyle, executive general manager for superannuation & investments at Suncorp. This news comes after IOOF bought Skandia Australia and Intech for $34 million in March, with ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Mutual funds are beating their institutional counterparts with the former reporting almost 30 per cent less outflows during last year. According Callan Associates, institutional asset losses were "extensive" across 17 traditional equity and fixed income ...