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AERF selects MLC IC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
MLC Implemented Consulting has been chosen by the Australian Eligible Rollover Fund to multi manage the super fund's $800 million in assets. AERF collects member benefit payments from people that are considered 'lost' or are no longer eligible to be ...

Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
More than $26 billion of assets managed under pension funds in the UK and mainland Europe will face tighter governance monitoring this year, according to a Mercer survey. The Asset Allocation Survey and Market Profiles study examined 849 European and ...

Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Prime Super has appointed NAB Custody Services (NCS) after switching asset consultants to change the fund's investment strategy. Prime Super chose Access Capital Advisers to provide asset consultancy services in November 2006, which resulted in a review ...

Anderson to head CFS corporate super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... Colonial First State has appointed ex-AMP head of business development John Anderson to the role of head of corporate superannuation. Anderson will replace John Clothier who has moved on to take up the position of head of investment lending within the ...

ATO warns on super loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian Taxation Office has cautioned trustees of self managed superannuation to be careful about the types of loan arrangements they get into. In a taxpayer alert issued on Friday the ATO said trustees had to ensure that in entering into a loan ...

Govt to cut 'lost super' red tape

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to reduce the hassle behind finding lost super accounts by rationalising the register. Sherry said lost super accounts represented roughly one in five of all superannuation ...

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... before it has to stop using the Virgin name. Virgin has lost a customer base that it hoped to use to cross-sell its superannuation and home loan products. If it wants to stay in credit cards it will have to start from scratch next year. Virgin Money ...

Govt moves in on legacy products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to develop a rationalisation mechanism to help customers move from an outdated investment product to a new one, at little or no cost. "The operation of legacy products ...

Women-friendly finance tips launched

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... information series. The series provides tailored information for women on budgeting, investment choices, boosting their superannuation and how to manage money should their partner die. Paul Clitheroe, Financial Literacy Foundation advisory board chairman ...

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... to February received -0.9 per cent, largely due to the results of the last four months," said Keevers. He said superannuation members using a diversified portfolio had weathered flow on effects of the US sub prime credit crisis well given the circumstances. ...