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New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
A new self managed super fund body, the Self Managed Superannuation Member's Association Ltd, was officially launched yesterday - the latest industry initiative to boost the SMSF sector. Established in August 2007, the association aims to help the SMSF ...

Pragnell moves to APCA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) head of policy and best practice, Brad Pragnell, has resigned to take a role as head of industry policy at the Australian Payment Clearing Association (APCA). Pragnell will start his new role ...

AMP easywrite eases insurance pain

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... phone in roughly 10 minutes, if the customer has little to no disclosures. The service includes both personal and superannuation insurance. According to Ken Lockery, AMP director of personal wealth protection, easywrite reduced the application time because ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... said they would be willing to work longer hours while 8 per cent said they would be willing to sacrifice their own superannuation. More than one in four would also be willing to re-direct discretionary spending, take less expensive or no holidays or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... briefing on `Insights from the Carbon Markets and the future for Australia'. Deloitte will release its Governance of Superannuation Funds Survey. Stockland managing director Matthew Quinn speaks at the CEDA 2008 Property Market Outlook seminar. The local ...

RSL snubs proposed super changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... changes could disadvantage military service people. In July last year, the Howard Government created a military superannuation review team to analyse ways to enhance the existing super scheme to improve military recruitment and retentions rates. The ...

Investec takes to the air

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... investors. So far, the fund has raised $73 million in capital from seed investors including industry super funds AUSCOAL Superannuation, Seafarers Retirement Fund and Stevedoring Employee Retirement Fund. Investec's head of structured finance Australia ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... that the crucial practice is effectively unregulated. The key problem, according to Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, is that the current rules surrounding short selling "isn't clear" under the corporations act. The Senator's ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment and Financial Services Association and Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, transparency and disclosure are fundamental principles that lay the groundwork of market integrity and efficiency. ...

JPMorgan buys $342.5 bn Nordic custody service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services has purchased the institutional custody portfolio of Nordea, one of the largest Nordic banks with $342.5 billion in assets under custody. According to a JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (JPMorgan), the deal ...