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MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Australia's superannuation market will be closed to new entrants under proposals by the Super System Review (SSR) that could effectively shut down competition, entrench incumbents and force small funds to merge. The proposals are in the review's MySuper ...

HUB24 wins Sentry mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
Sentry Group has appointed HUB24 to provide Unified Managed Accounts (UMA) for the dealership's 330 planners. Sentry is the first national dealer group client of HUB24, according to a press statement. Commenting on the appointment, Sentry chief executive ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Australian equity fund managers are still finding well-valued stocks despite the local market moving sideways in the past six months. The S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index returned more than 35 per cent in the year to January. But the same index traded ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

ING enhances OneCare

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
ING Australia has improved its life insurance product, OneCare, that allows policy holders to increase their cover by up to 25 per cent on the amount insured on every third year policy anniversary without a medical check-up. The insurance firms 'future ...

Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
Many planners are looking for bespoke risk management solutions to help protect their client portfolios from market swings while, at the same time, remaining 'in the game'. George Lucas, founding managing director of boutique structured products specialist ...

Untangling the Astarra web continues

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
New information from Trio Capital administrator PPB showed more than half of the $63 million Asttar Wholesale Portfolio Service's assets were invested in funds and property firms part and wholly owned by the failed fund manager. According to a letter ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Some investment experts worry the government's plans to increase ASIC's investigative powers could spark industry witch-hunts. Indy Singh, managing director of Fiducian, said the government has to tread carefully when increasing ASIC's powers and assure ...

CFS halts mortgage fund redemptions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Colonial First State (CFS) has told investors in the $850 million Mortgage Income fund the window to access redemptions has closed after it found a small number of mortgages within the portfolio could become bad debts. A CFS spokesperson said the firm ...