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NAB Super introduces binding death benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... corporate fund NAB Group Superannuation Fund can now apply for binding death benefit nominations. The fund, which said in March that it was considering introducing the benefit, are now allowing members to provide the fund with a binding death benefit ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Equity markets have come a long way after hitting their lows in March. Their run-up was first measured in days, day stretched into weeks and now...months. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the ...

Maritime merger saves $1m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Maritime Super may be able to save more than $1 million in administrative costs as a result of the merger in March, according to initial estimates. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime Super, said the merger between the Stevedoring Employees ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... ahead. "The perception of the market has probably turned," Mr Manly told AAP. "I don't think we'll visit the lows we had in March... I think there is more good news to come. "It looks like Rio and BHP are really leading the way this morning." Australia's ...

AMIST offers fee-for-service advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has rolled out a fee-for-service financial advice service to its members. AMIST launched the service in March following increasing member demand for tailored advice and selected Mercer to provide the service, said the fund's ...

Pension deficits worsen for FTSE 100

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
The total deficit of FTSE 100 pension schemes in March has widened to $100 billion, a new research found. The total deficit of FTSE 100 pension schemes in March ballooned to $100 billion - a deterioration of $171 billon from 12 months ago, according ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... deliver a consistent annual return to investors of between 12 to 18 per cent. And while the fund may have lost 1 per cent in March, investors are still reaping the benefits of its 11.02 per cent annualised return. Since its inception in 2004, the multi-strategy ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... review found the pension plans of the S&P 1500 companies improved by around $60 billion in April and roughly $200 billion in March this year, bringing the estimated aggregate deficit of pension plans sponsored by those firms to over $215 billion at the ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... reported without question the previous month's labour tally showing that the unemployment rate jumped to 5.7 per cent in March from 5.2 per cent in February. Why? Because it supports their view that, 'we are all doomed'. Because it supports their view ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Corp. Official data showed that the jobless rate had unexpectedly dropped to 5.4 per cent in April from 5.7 per cent in March. Economists had expected a rise to 5.9 per cent. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index had gained 85.2 points, or 2.2 per cent ...