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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. ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... The report was based on a comparison of commission-based advice against hourly rate fee-for-service advice for superannuation members. This was undertaken by analysing five real life Industry Fund Financial Planning (IFFP) case studies. Rice Warner then ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... justified given the current market circumstances," a statement said. However, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce, said ASIC's decision reflects the government's inability to regulate a disclosure regime. ...

Sunsuper cuts fees, adds FP service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Queensland based industry fund, Sunsuper is cutting the fees on all its pension products by 10 basis points to 0.25 per cent, which could save members around $300 a year. The fee reduction, which comes into effect in May, applies to the super fund's ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
A new report just released by Roy Morgan Research (RMR) reveals attempts to introduce competition into the superannuation market are not working. According to the report, only 3 per cent of super fund members have switched funds in the last twelve months ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Improved efficiency and more social equity are the best ways to fix superannuation, not more tax handouts or extra compulsory contributions, according to two major submissions presented to the Henry taxation review. "While the evidence shows there is ...