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SPAA membership rises 50 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... more than 1,500 members. "SPAA's aim to have a specialist SMSF professional advising, to some extent, in every superannuation fund by 2011 is certainly well on the way," he said. Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive, said self managed super fund (SMSF) ...

ASSET Super launches TTR calculator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
A new interactive web-based calculator has been released by Asset Super to help people considering a transition to retirement strategy in the lead up to full retirement. Asset Super is working with Rice Warner Actuaries to design a new Transition to ...

ASIC cracks down on Hafoka

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... of aiding and abetting the trustee of a dishonest self-managed super fund. Hafoka was brought by ASIC under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and Criminal Code Act 1995. Hafoka (also known as Tane Hafoka, Jonathan Hafoka and Johnny Hafoka) ...

AFA unveils policy committee

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... advice, ensuring Government policy settings support consumers, understanding documentation flow, and addressing superannuation and insurance issues. Jim Taggart, AFA president, said the AFA has nominated representation to Government as one of it's key ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
West Australian-based Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is considering increasing its current asset allocation of 5 per cent into unlisted assets after it was hard hit by the downfall of equities markets. GESB, which had $8.4 billion in ...

Maritime Super sets sail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Stevedoring Employees' Retirement Fund (SERF) and the Seafarers Retirement Fund (SRF) officially merged to create a $2.6 billion Maritime Super this month. Former SERF chief executive and now Maritime Super chief executive, Peter Robertson, said ...

KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... roughly 60 stocks, 80 per cent of the stocks are small cap companies. The KBC Global Water fund was added to the BT Superannuation and BT Investments Wraps in January last year.

Three firms wound up by ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... were offered returns of up to 80 per cent per annum. The majority of these investors were operating self managed superannuation funds and were introduced to the companies during investment seminars held by Online Super between 2002 and 2005.

Pearce backs TCF policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce said the opposition would support a 'treating customers fairly' (TCF) principle if the latest financial planning inquiry does not fully address consumer rights. The ...

Twenty new topics for NGS Super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The $2.65 billion NGS Super is helping members tackle financial literacy barriers with extra modules and 20 new topics added to its interactive online program. NGS Super's 'Take Control of Your Finances' program aims to help members manage money better. ...