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AUSCOAL hires data transition manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
AUSCOAL Super has appointed Independent Transition Management (ITM) to help migrate its 60,000 superannuation and pensioner members onto the Bluedoor administration platform. ITM is an independent data specialist that helps clients establish and maintain ...

Disability review assesses role of insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... recipients of over $70 per fortnight for single pensioners on the maximum rate and nearly $30 per fortnight for couple pensioner combined on the maximum rate. The investigation is part of the government's ten-year National Disability Strategy. The commission ...

RSL calls for super revamp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... [what] has been adopted for the Aged and Service Pensions." The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the first Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index (PBLCI) statistics, which provides an alternate measure of price changes to better reflect ...

Suncorp and CMC sign share trading deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Suncorp Bank teamed up with CMC Markets to provide online share trading to its 13,500 customers. Tim Buckett, general manager of customer development at Suncorp Bank, said the bank selected the online share trading firm because of the tools and education ...

UniSuper activates fair value clause

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has initiated a clause that allows trustees to reduce defined benefit members' benefits - if necessary - following the GFC to provide fair value payments. UniSuper announced online on 7 July that it had decided to initiate "Clause ...

Watson Wyatt wins HSBC pension admin

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... in addition to administration in the first quarter of this year. Later in the second quarter, Watson Wyatt rolled out pensioner payroll services. Watson Wyatt is also providing defined contribution scheme members with an online fund portal which allows ...

WYPF tenders for custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
England's $9.2 billion West Yorkshire Pension Fund is looking for a new custodian. WYPF, the pension fund for employees in the councils of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale, is looking for a banking and custodial service provider. ...

Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Self-funded retirees will be hit hardest by the Federal Government's changes to super, according to Martin Murden, director of Partners Superannuation Services. According to Murden self-funded retirees are among a select few who don't hold out their ...

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... longevity but Union fears that for blue collar employees having to work longer until they retire will damage their health. Pensioner groups are also concerned about how older workers will be able to find employment up until age 67 years unless age-based ...

Top 10 budget quotes

Financial Standard sifts through a record haul of budget commentary to highlight the industry's thinking on the government's budget announcement last night. "Commonsense has prevailed with the non-concessional contribution cap remaining unchanged." ...