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Catholic Super enhances insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Catholic Super members can now claim 43 per cent more on basic death and death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover at no extra cost after the fund upgraded its insurance service with TOWER Australia. The negotiated insurance service means ...

MTAA campaign halves death claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
MTAA Super's suicide death claims fell by 53 per cent since the fund launched its mental health awareness campaign, readthesigns, in 2004. The readthesigns initiative between MTAA Super and Lifeline Australia was launched in 2004 as a result the trustee's ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... support the St James Ethics Centre which will support this important international collaboration," said Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. "My hope is collaboration between the St James Ethics Centre and the GRI will ...

MLC upgrades its group insurance suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... head of group insurance. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said the enhancements allow superannuation funds and employers to access a significant range of new features with increased limits and flexibility. "Some of the new policy ...

WealthBuilder targets generational clients

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... estate planning, education savings and tax effective wealth accumulation. It also prompts advisers to focus outside superannuation as a means of improving the sustainability and growth of their client base and funds under advice, claims IOOF. "By leveraging ...

Chile not so hot on fixed income

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
The Chilean Pension Fund Administrators' Association (CPAA) urged its young members not to reduce their allocation in equities in favour of fixed income in the wake of the global financial crisis. CPAA, the umbrella body representing the equivalent ...

AMP hit by lower discretionary contributions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... cent to $2.08 billion, compared to $3.5 billion in Q3 2007. "This reflects a significant fall in discretionary superannuation contributions and Q3 2007 flows impacted by legislative driven transitions to retirement," the group said. Similarly, Hillross ...

Health Super CIO departs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... developing the investments department into a professional, high performing function that is highly regarded within the superannuation and investment industries." "He has successfully guided the organisation through the complexity of the modern investment ...

Aviva's term deposits hit $430m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
Aviva's term deposits increased by $300 million to more than $430 million this year as superannuation members move their investments out of listed markets. The firm's term deposits have grown from $5 million to over $430 million this year with approximately ...

Fund trades under super watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Research consultancy group Inalytics has come up with a way to monitor and evaluate how fund managers are reacting to the current market crisis, giving super funds a new tool to figure out who made the best and worst calls. Inalytics has launched what ...