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ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... legislative framework that recognises the role of short selling. This decision will have a large impact on the superannuation industry. According to Rainmaker, long short equity strategies are the most common style of hedge funds used for investment ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Defying the flight to cash, members of the $1 billion dollar legalsuper have increased investments into the fund's S&P/ASX200 option by up to 40 per cent. According to legalsuper, the industry fund experienced nearly 40 per cent in growth for its S&P/ASX200 ...

Bumper year for the faithful: Fidelity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... position to have a solid performance for the next three, four or five years - and that is particularly so with superannuation funds," he said. Taylor's sentiments is echoed by Allison Hill, senior consultant at Frontier, who told the Financial Standard ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
The Local Government Superannuation Scheme has addressed a unit pricing error that occured in the September quarter last year, according to a fund statement. LGSS issued a statement in December noting that there had been a tax error that occurred with ...

Rainmaker coverage tops 25,000 options

... products are now more popular than ever. It follows the biggest wave of new product development ever seen within the superannuation industry," said Keevers. "The bulk of the new retirement products are coming from the not-for-profit superannuation funds ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $12 billion Mercer Super Trust recruits a top sales exec from Russell and revamps its employer and member-related services to maintain its top spot in the ultra-competitive corporate trust sector. Last year, Plan for Life reported that the Mercer ...

Aircraft fund seeks capital

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... raising exercise in March. After a year following its first capital raising, the IGAF - which is backed by Australian superannuation funds AUSCOAL Superannuation, Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund and Seafarers Retirement Fund - is seeking to garner ...

Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Enhancing insurance products remains a priority for super funds and their providers in 2009 as government and industry funds re-jig their offerings for better member cover. Public sector super provider Super SA for instance has announced the roll-out ...

IFSA backs govt tax proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... Senator Nick Sherry's Treasury discussion paper on the Government's measure to provide an optional CGT roll-over for superannuation funds that merge with other complying funds. MLC recognises the importance of making the rationalisation of funds or products ...

AWM consolidates RSE licences

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Management has rationalised the number of RSE licences it holds, which means Spectrum Super, AustChoice Super and MAP Superannuation Fund among others will operate under two licences. As a result, SMF Funds Management will drop its RSE licence with Questor ...