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ASFA awards top super funds in comms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
QSuper, Russell Investments and AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund were among of the top Australian superannuation funds recognised at the ASFA Communications awards held yesterday. All three funds won in the 'Excellence in Member Communication' category this ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online election service for corporate actions - a process that helps advisers eliminate the need for paperwork. When creating the new online service, Macquarie Wrap focused on reducing the administrative burden for advisers ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
UK pension funds and fund managers risk falling foul of their regulators if they don't "mandate" the companies they invest in to focus on long-term shareholder value, according to the Walker Review. The review, an independent audit of corporate governance ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The financial services watchdog ASIC is calling on listed financial services companies to provide more disclosure on their 'going concern' assumptions, asset valuations and hedging arrangements when they file their 30 June 2009 financial reports. Following ...

Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Investment management fees may be on the chopping block following the upcoming Cooper review on super - but one fund manager cautions that reviewing fees is not enough, and equal attention should be paid to understanding the incentives behind high fees. ...

Go online, get results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
With 13 million online users in Australia and $24 billion spent on the web last year, it's time to make online technology the heart of your super campaign, says a marketing expert. Mike Hill, director of Holler and speaker at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Goodbye golden parachutes - APRA has released a consultation package encouraging financial services firms to set up stricter guidelines when deciding executive remuneration. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is recommending its regulated ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... investment cycles lasting five to seven years). To date, K2 Select has returned 10.3 per annum since 2005 versus the MSCI World AUD index's loss of 2 per cent over the same time period. In the six months to April this year, the fund returned 8.2 per ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
New restrictions to existing superannuation and tax concessions could help the Government slash the predicted budget deficit in the next few years but this could come at a higher cost to superannuants and taxpayers in the long term, industry experts ...