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Health Super to merge with First State

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Health Super is in merger talks with First State Super to create a $28 billion-plus fund with over 750,000 members - making it one of the largest funds in Australia. Both funds announced an in-principle intention to merge by 30 June next year, subject ...

Fixed fee model in slow burn

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... Trafford-Walker said there have been discussions between super funds and fund managers about agreeing to the hybrid "fixed dollar fees plus performance-based fees" but said it "has been a hard nut to crack." "We have one client who is actively reviewing ...

AMP closes in on AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... independent directors have approved the sale of the firm to AMP - clearing the path to a merged business with a formidable 3,000-plus adviser network and ranked third largest in platform market share. AXA APH said in a statement that the directors are ...

SAM becomes TransCap

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... Sustainability Asset Management Australia has quietly rebranded itself as Transformation Capital and severed ties with 135 billion plus European investment house Robeco. The news casts doubt on the presence of Robeco - the funds management and boutique ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... inflation - not good. Inflation would erode the already low yields bond investors are getting from US bonds. And yes, there's a plus. The Republican's creaming of the Democrats at the just concluded mid-term elections has heightened the prospect that ...

No pension for corrupt Bell staff

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... circumstances surrounding payment of salaries and other compensation to officials at the City of Bell," noted the $200 billion-plus California Public Employees' Retirement System in a press statement. "These outrageous pay practices are an insult to ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... has been so battered that the Association of Superannuation Funds is weighing up whether it should sponsor a million dollar plus campaign to boost the public awareness of superannuation and where large sections of the industry are continuing to criticise ...

Less options, more choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... longer have exposure to this asset class. Meanwhile, the Fixed Interest option has been renamed 'Global Bonds' and the Cash Plus option to 'Conservative Pool'.

Telstra Super raises insurance cover

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... insurance cover for the second time in 2010 with members now receiving better TPD cover. From November 1, Tesltra Super Personal Plus members have received age-based Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD) cover for 92 cents per week with no medical information ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Maritime Super said there were no mandate changes following the asset class restructure. Meanwhile, the fund's accumulation plus and accumulation basic members have enjoyed a boost to their insurance cover. Maritime Super doubled the death insurance ...