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Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Vanguard's Colin Bold has taken out the award for Marketer of the Year at the 2007 Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards. More than 250 attendees were on hand to see Bold, head of marketing for Vanguard, take out the open award for Marketer of the Year. ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released figures it says shows competition and increasing funds under management are driving down fees, however recent Rainmaker data paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006 ...

Baby boomers not so super informed

... only six per cent knew they could choose their own super fund and one per cent knew that the government can match personal super contributions up to $1,500. This lack of knowledge is alarming given that benefits can amount to tens of thousands of dollars. ...

Party like it's 1983

... Murden said many people don't know that they are sitting on a "pot of gold", particularly those who may have had personal super contributions going back to the 1970s. They are typically employees of large firms or small business owners. "In fact, it ...

Optimum gets a pre-Christmas product upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
Asteron has announced a range of improvements to its Optimum corporate and personal super platforms, ranging from new investment choices, family-linked accounts and improved insurance cover. Jane Power, Asteron's head of product and marketing, said ...

Access Economics still top consultant: Rainmaker

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... at the Workplace Super funds, balanced options were used by 91 percent as the default while only 70 percent of Personal Super funds were using balanced options as the default. Twenty-two percent of these use growth options." Keevers said despite the ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to cut through incessant debates about how we measure super fund performance by adopting a 'net benefit to member' (NMTM) model focusing on the ...

Asteron adds to Wealthstar investment menu

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... simplicity of the investment menu. The new options are available through all Wealthstar products, including Wealthstar Personal Super, Allocated Pension, Term Allocated Pension and Wealthstar Business Super. "After launching our simple and competitively ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... employer that has negotiated a discount with a master trust, they are typically transferred into a higher cost personal super fund by their super fund provider. We are warning all employees to watch out for fee hikes when they change jobs." Rainmaker ...

BT appoints new head of Super Solutions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
... BT Super Solutions. Gary Cox steps into the role where he will be responsible for managing BT's corporate super, personal super and retirement product solutions. General Manager of BT Customer Solutions, Jason Yetton, said the appointment was a key event ...