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Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has renewed calls for alternatives to the existing asset-based and performance-based fee models. The AIST research published last month recommends a hybrid fixed dollar fee/performance fee model ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, led by resource companies as investors seek higher yielding assets such as equities and the Australian dollar. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 69.1 points higher, or 1.50 per cent, at ...

ANZ boosts super contribs for female staff

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
ANZ female employees will now benefit from a range of financial and leave benefits, including in super, as the bank aims to improve incentives for female staff. Female employees of ANZ will now receive a $4,000 childcare allowance and payment of superannuation ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Don't fight the Fed! This adage has been with us for some time now and it's back again doing the rounds in the financial markets. Yes, Virginia. The chorus for QE2 keeps growing louder that Wall Street - and the world - appears to be just waiting for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key overseas markets significantly higher, including equities and commodities. The Australian dollar hit a new post float high shortly after 0500 AEDT ...

Funds should show benefit projections: IAA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Superannuation funds should include member benefit projections in annual member statements to help members track their progress towards their retirement savings goals, new research shows. A survey of 50 senior executives said projections should include ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Australian stocks were higher at noon, boosted by both the resources sector and financials. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.6 points higher, or 0.29 per cent, at 4,631.8 while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 14.3 points ...

Trustees must raise bar on governance: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Superannuation trustees should be subject to higher governance standards than listed company directors owing to the long term and compulsory nature of super, according to industry body ASFA. This week ASFA launched its updated Governance Best Practice ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
CommInsure has unveiled a number of upgrades to its retail life insurance offering, including the ability for customers to use their super fund to pay for their insurance premiums. As part of a partnership between CommInsure and Colonial First State's ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
One of Canada's largest institutional investors has adopted new technology as it looks to move in-house certain investment operations previously outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's ...