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IOOF adds govt guarantee option

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... provide clients with a government backed cash investment option. The Perennial Protected Cash Trust, available across superannuation and investment accounts, invests in short term, interest bearing securities that are guaranteed by the government. The ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Two of Australia's largest superannuation funds with over $18 billion in assets under management are joining forces to launch an environmental, social and governance research initiative. Public offer superannuation fund VicSuper and the $13 billion ...

Tax bonus triggers more co-contribution

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... costing the Government up to $2,375 per taxpayer, said Adrian Raftery, accountantsRus chief executive. Under existing superannuation co-contribution rules, the Government fully or partly matches superannuation contributions made by eligible individuals ...

Industry unites for super message

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... industry bodies made the unprecedented move to join forces and deliver a single message to investors and retirees. The Superannuation Stakeholder Group produced a communiquA(C) which covers the equity market crisis, its effect on superannuation and reiterates ...

John Kavanagh joins Financial Standard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... covered the gamut of financial services - retail and institutional banking, capital markets, funds management, superannuation, insurance, financial planning and taxation. He was Personal Finance editor at the Australian in the 1990s and had an earlier ...

UK govt to introduce personal accounts scheme

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
London-based Datamonitor is urging pension providers to talk to existing clients about the impact of the impending Personal Accounts legislation. The Personal Accounts scheme, which the UK government is implementing to encourage more public saving ...

Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... According to Superpartners, the voice portal will allow members 24 hour access to common transactions such as checking superannuation account balances, obtaining fund details, verifying tax file numbers, and changing personal details. It is also built ...

Future Fund posts 6pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The Federal Government's Future Fund suffered a 5.86 per cent loss for the quarter and reduced its $31 billion cash holding by 10 per cent, according to its latest portfolio update. For the first six months of the 2009/09 financial year, the fund lost ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Senator Nick Sherry may be very vocal about the need to slash superannuation fees from an average 1.25 per cent to below one per cent but he said legislating a fees cap is out of the question. "I'm not an advocate of fee caps. I don't think that's appropriate ...

Sherry's to-do list for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... regulation, margin loans and credit rating agencies. Speaking at a media function in Sydney last night, the minister for superannuation and corporate law said finalising the short selling regulations, national regulation for financial services and consumer ...