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Right on target: Vanguard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... that surveyed the portfolios of more than 1.24 million people with 401(k) plans, the US equivalent to Australian's superannuation or retirement funds. The report found that those who invested in target-date funds, or funds that automatically adjusts ...

Trust wins $200m Fin Synergy mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Trust Company Limited will act as a trustee for a number of superannuation funds including Austock Brokers Super, GrowSuper and Super Synergy Fund as part of a new $200 million mandate from Top Quartile Management Limited (TQML), a wholly-owned subsidiary ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Following the December 2008 revaluation of its unlisted assets portfolio, super fund BUSS(Q) reported better numbers in infrastructure and private equity but flat valuations in unlisted property. BUSS(Q) chief executive, David O'Sullivan, said the fund's ...

Thomas Hancock Assoc to launch outplacement arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Hancock Associates has set up a new outplacement service specialising in the financial markets, funds management and superannuation sector. The executive recruitment firm, which has specialised in the industry for over 30 years has set up the new arm ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
REST Superannuation has revolutionised life insurance in super by introducing a "life cycle" approach to its death cover - breaking away from the traditional fixed cost or "$1 a week" insurance model. Almost one million active members of the $13 billion ...

BT appoints super and investment heads

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... solutions, Patrick Farrell and the group's head of personal super, Melanie Evans as head of investment and head of superannuation respectively. Both Farrell and Evans form part of the superannuation & investment solutions team in the combined Westpac/St.George ...

Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The government has introduced new superannuation rules that will address what has long been viewed as discrimination against same-sex de facto couples when it came to superannuation death benefits. Under existing Commonwealth superannuation and pension ...

Dealer group demand spurs CLS growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... financial planning practices. Smyth has more than 20 years of financial services experience across financial planning, superannuation, revenue management systems and marketing. Smyth was most recently Dealer Management System marketing executive but ...

Superpartners to push for paperless super admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Superannuation admin provider Superpartners plans to invest $70 million into replacing its core administration systems and other IT processes in a bid to become "100 per cent electronic" in three years' time. While there have been earlier reports about ...

Quadrant gives away $1000 rollover prize

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Quadrant Superannuation is offering its members the chance to win $1000 if they roll over their super. In a newsletter emailed to members, the super fund gave its members the opportunity to win the cash until mid December. Members with more than one ...