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1 in 4 Australians have more than one super fund: ICAA

A recent survey has found that 27 per cent of Australian adults hold multiple super funds. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) surveyed 1,200 Australians last month seeking to discover the real impact of the super choice legislation ...

Skandia adds flexibility with non-commutable pensions and TAPs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
Skandia has added non-commutable allocated pensions (NCAPs) and term allocated pensions to its superannuation product menus. Will Burkitt, head of investments at Skandia, said, "The introduction of NCAPs is one of the most exciting innovations in retirement ...

US pension fund wealth bigger than individual wealth

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
US fiduciary wealth has surpassed individual wealth, presenting new opportunities for pension funds and other managed funds to leverage the weight of money to achieve corporate and social change. Speaking at the CMSF conference yesterday, William Greider ...

ING and St George top online savings account survey

... Savings Maximiser, ING Direct Business Optimiser, St George directsaver, Suncorp Everyday Options Sub-account and Westpac Max-I Direct. The report also looked at the link between client satisfaction and behaviour. It found that clients who rated their ...

Seniors Week reminds planners to get in early

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
New South Wales Seniors Week, running from 2-9 April, has seen renewed calls for advisers to ramp up retirement planning for their clients, starting earlier and planning for longer. Financial services provider Asteron's head of technical services, Louise ...

Gen X and Y oblivious to super choice: Max Super

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... Y consumers don't understand superannuation and are reluctant to exercise choice, mainly through ignorance, according to a Max Super survey that it says will add weight to proposed super changes to be submitted to government next week. Max Super chief ...

Ord Minnett launches focused international equities product

Stock broking and financial services group Ord Minnett has launched its second structured investment product, STRIPES Global Pinnacles, designed to address investor demand for international equities. Ord Minnett Asset Management's managing director ...

NAB bundles home loans with insurance

National Australia Bank (NAB), together with its subsidiary MLC, has brought to market a new product called the Protected Loan, a combined mortgage and insurance package. Underinsurance is a huge problem in Australia. The Protected Loan is aimed at ...

Super benefits buried under gobbledygook

Thousands of dollars in superannnuation savings from 'super splitting' and 'transition to retirement' legislation might all come to nought unless you or your financial planner understands the jargon involved. In a Mariner Retirement Strategy and Planning ...

Thirty dealer groups up for $300m in Westpoint recovery

Of the 75 to 100 financial advisers implicated in the Westpoint saga, class actions to recover $300 million are likely to centre on as few as 30 adviser groups, according to class action firm Slater & Gordon. Slater & Gordon's commercial litigation ...