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Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... do not restrict choice or reduce competition. "Senator Sherry has 14 reviews outstanding across his portfolio of superannuation and corporate governance. There is a real risk of the financial services industry being strangled by regulation arising from ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The survey found investment managers ...

Super funds back aircraft fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... than quadrupled its assets under management since its inception in April. IGAF, which has the support of AUSCOAL Superannuation, Seafarers Retirement Fund and the Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund, has increased its AUM to $330 million following ...

Fund call centres the weakest link

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... such as wait time, were at the bottom of the list of important factors. "Compared to other industries, Australia's superannuation sector is currently behind the eight-ball in terms of achieving best practice in call centres. "There is substantial work ...

Evolution of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Ne'er the twain shall meet but retail fund chief Brian Bissaker from Colonial First State and industry fund chief Ian Silk from Australian Super, shared centre stage to talk about how the industry can best serve financial planners, its members and the ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Financial Services at the University of Adelaide, noted that "The return of total assets, as an evaluation tool of superannuation fund performance, is not the most precise measure and can lead to misleading interpretations of the result." According to ...

SMSF trustee faces criminal charges

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with dishonestly failing to ensure the Kassongo Superannuation Fund (KSF) was maintained in accordance with the sole purpose test when he was trustee of the fund. ASIC alleges that the preserved ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... and pushing retirees to income streams is more important than fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating. "You can fluff around about fees and getting internal efficiencies ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... federal government welcomed the new edition of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) indigenous superannuation booklet, Super and Us Mob. Created in 2006, the free booklet uses real life work examples of indigenous people to discuss ...

AUSfund rolls out $4.3m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The $660 million Eligible Rollover Fund AUSfund recently returned $4.3 million to its members in seven weeks. According to AUSfund manager Warren Fawcett, the fund's most recent campaign targeted towards the fund's largest account holders. "This particular ...