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Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...

Back to school for Sunsuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Sunsuper has unveiled a new online money and super school that features a suite of interactive audio modules about investment and superannuation issues. The online school covers topics such as good debt, bad debt, investing in property to more complicated ...

Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The Australian Government's $60 billion Future Fund is looking to appoint a responsible investment manager and head of information technology. According to statements on the fund's website, the Future Fund is seeking a manager, responsible investment. ...

Tax bonus triggers more co-contribution

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The Federal Government's $950 tax bonus payment could end up costing the Government up to $2,375 per taxpayer, said Adrian Raftery, accountantsRus chief executive. Under existing superannuation co-contribution rules, the Government fully or partly matches ...

Cycling for charity: Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Are you up for a 100km bicycle ride from Port Arthur to Hobart to help young people with problems kick their addictions? For Quadrant Super, riding for charity is a breeze. The Tasmanian-based super fund is one of the corporate sponsors of Live Free ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Melbourne-based Janus Capital Asia is staying true to its quantitative analysis investment strategies to win mandates this year. John Landau, head of Australian operations at Janus Capital, there's been "a lot of strong interest" across Janus and Enhanced ...

Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Enhancing insurance products remains a priority for super funds and their providers in 2009 as government and industry funds re-jig their offerings for better member cover. Public sector super provider Super SA for instance has announced the roll-out ...

IFSA backs govt tax proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has thrown its support behind a Treasury proposal to provide an optional capital gains tax roll-over concessions to merging super funds. Under existing rules, if a super fund in a prospective ...

Bellwether hires AFM for mandate search

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Bellwether Partners has appointed AFM Investment Partners to source wholesale and institutional mandates. Bruce Bell, Bellwether Partners chief investment officer, said the firm always planned to hire an investment mandate specialist once the investment ...

Christian Super wins top sustainability gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Christian Super has been named this year's Sustainable Super Fund of the Year. The super fund beat two other finalists, VicSuper and Hesta, to receive top scores from the judges across five criteria including engagement, investment initiatives, sustainable ...