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Westscheme raises admin fees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... 10 years or more, $1.30 per week. Westscheme's announcement follows a similar move by one of Australia's largest superannuation funds AustralianSuper, which raised its admin fees at the start of this year. All of the AustralianSuper members' accounts ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) should give self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees more time to comply with in-house asset rules but at the same time, require them to provide a detailed investment strategy. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $13 billion REST Superannuation fund has made a radical change to its growth and defensive asset allocation split - jumping from 67/33 to today's 78/22 in less than 9 months. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly ...

NAB Super fine-tunes investment choice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
NAB Group Superannuation Fund increases the flexibility of its investment choice options by introducing a new system that allows switches to be made within percentage multiples of 1 per cent, as opposed to the previous 10 per cent allowance. Effective ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... to review their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues, a survey found. An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Climate Institute survey found 95 per cent of respondents had changed or plan to alter their investment ...

Tasplan axes $280m State Street mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $1 billion Tasmanian industry fund Tasplan has withdrawn a $280 million in fixed interest and cash mandates with State Street and pumped a combined $275 million into Colonial First State and Vanguard. According to Neil Cassidy, general manager of ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... bit more return and bonds now have very little room for capital appreciation. Equities? Just look at your latest superannuation statement. Gold comes into fore during times of rising inflation and/or market turmoil. Runaway inflation in the late 1970s ...

OAMPS moves to tiered fee model

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The $223 million OAMPS Super has slashed its overall fees and implemented a new "tiered" structure that lowers fees as the balance of members' super accounts grow. OAMPS Super, which is part of the larger OAMPS group that has operations in Australia ...

Battle of the super brands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... a massive new client base. Andrew Inwood, principal of brandmanagement who spoke at yesterday's Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia luncheon in Sydney, said the Industry Super Funds' "the market is off, but at least it's cheap" ads have ...

BUSS(Q) buys Aussie equities

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The $1.5 billion building industry fund BUSS(Q) is topping up its Aussie equities mandates as early as next month in a bid to shore up on cheap stocks in the market. According to David O'Sullivan, chief executive of BUSS(Q), the fund is currently 3 ...