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Superpartners to push for paperless super admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... per cent of which are paper based. "We're aiming to be 100 per cent electronic by 2011. We receive about 80 tonnes of paper mail every year, and by promoting online contributions, we'll make an impact beyond just efficiency for its own sake." The investment ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... saw 8.8 per cent of participants respond to the online consolidation campaign, versus 5.01 per cent of those who received mail outs. "It's more important than ever to continue these forms of communications. So absolutely, we'll be continuing our communication ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... of December. The special offer allows financial planners to send clients a 'financial health check' by email or hard copy mail for $5 per client. Decimal launched the online financial planning system earlier this year which financial planners can use ...

Perpetual seeks SMSF leadership role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Perpetual is striving for a leadership position in the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector to prevent over-regulation and ensure trustees can access the right information fresh after purchasing SMSF administration firm, smartsuper. Andrew Bloore ...

AusSuper saves members $15m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
AustralianSuper's tax file number campaign has saved members an estimated $15 million in tax. The direct mail campaign was launched in June. The campaign resulted in more than 44 per cent of members responding, saving $15.2 million in tax. "Members ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... to find the lost super of members. legalsuper's initiative reaped rewards with some fund members getting a cheque in the mail amounting to thousands of dollars, or $15,500 in one member's case. "We've recovered so far a million dollars but we're monitoring ...

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... co-contributions than the fund expected. Against a target of $6 million in co-contributions, the super fund's email and snail mail campaign spurred 5,500 members to contribute nearly $17 million, as of September 2007 figures. Meanwhile, AXA Australia ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services in the US are embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's lawsuit charges UBS with falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities ...

REST targets member TFNs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
REST Super, the $14 billion super fund for the retail industry, helped at least 200,000 of its members avoid paying undue tax under the 'No TFN Tax' ruling, and hopes to help 60,000 more through an internal TFN reporting drive. Under the 'No TFN Tax' ...

MLC group insurance offers real time updates

MLC Group Insurance revamps its website to offer real-time updates and downloadable reports to help advisers and insurance brokers who want access to their insurance data 24/7. Andrew Howard, head of group insurance at MLC said the web-based solution ...