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Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... non-mortgage lenders. Phil Hardy, Deloitte banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry's proposal would mean mortgages might be regulated nationally but non-mortgage lenders ...

Super fund reporting to go online: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
The country's financial regulator ASIC is giving super funds the go ahead to use the web as their default method of delivering annual fund information to members, as long as certain conditions are met. "We have decided that for this year we will allow ...

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
US-based Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) pours $1.26 billion of new funds into private equity after its $2.3 billion investment in the sector turned to be a money spinner returning 23 per cent in the year to March. TRS confirms ...

Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Retail super fund providers are backing the introduction of a standardised super fund performance table, as proposed by the ISN, but on certain conditions. On Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian ...

Salary sacrifice on the rise: legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
The $1 billion industry fund, legalsuper, has experienced a 50 per cent increase in salary sacrifice contributions at the end of May, despite returns being the worst for 20 years. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of the $1 billion super fund claims ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... launched the first offerings from its new structured investments team, aimed squarely at trustees of self managed superannuation funds. Like a number of other financial institutions, CBA is hoping to take advantage of changes to superannuation law last ...

Lehman Bros appoints ex-Grange Securities chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... Management as a business development manager and, prior to that, was Queensland state manager of revenue at Corporate Superannuation Services. In this role, O'Halloran will sit on the firm's Executive Committee of Australia and report to Lehman Brothers' ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... offering and diversified investment options," GESB chief executive Michelle Dolin said in a statement. Meanwhile the superannuation fund is wasting little time over its expansion plans with the appointment of Greg Newman as general manager distribution. ...

Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Life settlements might seem like an unconventional asset class - but an Australian fund manager claims the sector poses a fresh set of opportunities for local insto investors. Investing in life settlements, particularly in the US, involves buying out ...

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for reporting of superannuation returns to be standardised, in the same way as managed fund returns are currently reported, to provide investors with better transparency over their superannuation savings. Given ...