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BGL partners with COIN on SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
BGL Corporate Solutions (BGL) and COIN has signed a deal to provide software services to financial advisers with SMSF clients. The new partnership will allow advisers to import client data through COIN's software, for integration with BGL's Simple Fund ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten compared the bickering among the super fund industry's factions to a Monty Python sketch and said it's time for them to deliver something back to the community in return for the government support they receive. Minister ...

AGEST appoints new CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
AGEST has appointed legal expert and fund trustee Cath Bowtell as chief executive, replacing Michael Seton who left last month to become CEO of Military Super. Bowtell, has a law degree and has been a superannuation trustee for over ten years, with ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Principal boutique launches currency fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Macro Currency Group has launched the Principal High Alpha Currency fund, a Dublin-registered qualifying investor fund with AUD$40 million of external seed capital. The Fund is a sub-fund of the Principal Global Opportunities Series and uses the same ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The fight over commissions on investment products and superannuation is over. Advisers must stop debating over them and switch their focus to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The $33 billion AustralianSuper is considering reducing its 6 per cent cash holdings and allocating more into global equities, unlisted infrastructure and other asset classes by the end of the year. Bernie Fraser, independent director and AustralianSuper ...

Former planner pushes for cruelty free super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
UK financial planner hopes to introduce a successful tried-and-tested vegan super model into the Australian market through the launch of Cruelty Free Super. Melbourne-based Ethical Money launched the super fund in a bid to cater for those Australians ...

Retiree living costs fall despite CPI jump

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The aggregate costs for a couple living comfortably in retirement fell by 0.2 per cent in the June quarter of 2010, figures from the latest Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard show. According to the report, a couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement ...

Fiducian boosts SMSF services

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited helps advisers slash the time it takes to administer SMSF trust deeds following a deal struck with online deed administrator SuperCentral. Under the agreement, the SuperCentral trust deed update service will enable ...