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Broken hearts from empty pockets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... social conditions - it is the health of the economy that is affecting people the most. "High interest rates, falling superannuation balances, investment market uncertainty and the spiralling cost of living, including high petrol prices - these are major ...

HSBC launches alt fund services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The lure of the country's superannuation dollars will push more global hedge funds to target Australian investors, prompting HSBC to open a specialist fund services arm locally ahead of the wave of hedge fund activity. Previously, HSBC has provided ...

AUSfund posts zero pc crediting rate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
AUSfund's Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF) is proving to be one of the best performing funds after it posted a zero per cent crediting rate over a one year period to June. This result brings AUSfund's five year crediting rate to 10.5 per cent. David Haynes ...

IOOF targets Gen Y super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... David Arnold, head of the new business, said the product has been produced as part of the IOOF Portfolio Service Superannuation Fund (IPS). This means that when a client reaches the age or account balance where they require advice, IOOF advisers can ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... government contributions. Graeme Miller, Watson Wyatt Australia head of investment consulting practice, said Australia's superannuation system is the envy of the developed world. "The nine per cent superannuation guarantee contributions coupled with ...

Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... consulting firm in 2001, Negline worked at ING and Aviva. He specialises in technical financial planning including superannuation, personal investment, aged pension, aged care, estate planning and insurance. Financial planners and advisory groups interested ...

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... to keep their performance numbers strictly for clients' eyes only but Frontier, which advises on $97 billion of superannuation assets, broke convention when it publicly revealed its results this year - the first time it's done so in the firm's 14-year ...

AustralianSuper sticks with securities lending

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
AustralianSuper has reviewed its securities lending protocols and decided to continue the practice. "AustralianSuper, similar to most super funds, employs a range of short and long-selling strategies in order to maximise investment returns to members," ...

NAB Super divests direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
NAB Group Super is expected to sell its last four directly-owned properties as part of a property portfolio restructure. The fund made the move under the advice of its asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers. "The [main objectives] for the sale are ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... cent. The overall weighted industry average is 1.36 per cent," said Keevers. These fee benchmarks mean the average superannuation fund member with about $50,000 in superannuation savings is paying about $730 per annum if they are in a Workplace Super ...