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MTAA withdraws insurance freebies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... Superannuation Fund is axing its long-standing "six month rule" on insurance cover for certain members, citing it is "not equitable" to the rest of the fund's membership base. According to a statement on the MTAA website, the fund has changed the rule ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... Australian Institute of Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Super Network (ISN) in their joint submission. "We need a more equitable system that gives low income earners a better deal - both whilst they save for retirement as well as during their retirement," ...

Storm enters voluntary administration

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... times but the bank's demand put that beyond us." Cassimatis said he hoped the administrators would be able to find an equitable outcome for all stakeholders. It is understood Worrells Solvency & Forensic Accountants Brisbane based managing director ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... leverage covenant based on market capitalisation is coming under pressure. The 'BB+/B' ratings on New Zealand companies Equitable Mortgages Ltd. and Equitable Life Insurance Co. Ltd. were affirmed by S&P but the outlooks were amended to negative from ...

More super to move into daily pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... what you do as a super fund trustee. Unit pricing or crediting rates are more of a procedural function that needs to be equitable and have regards to the rules set out by regulators." "I don't see the issue being whether crediting rates or unit pricing ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Bad will hunting

... The tax-related changes on the back of the latest Costello Budget also mean that what a married couple thinks is an equitable division of their assets among their children may not necessarily be equitable after tax is taken out. "There are also more ...

Investment reporting methods must be equitable: JPM WSS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... When thinking about how best to manage their investment reporting, super funds should be focusing upon how transparent, equitable, portable and robust the approach is, rather than just whether they should adopt unit pricing or stay with crediting rates. ...

Stringent orders for winding up of Sovereign fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... Sovereign Prudential Fund, brought an urgent application before the court to allow the winding up of the fund on just and equitable grounds. One of the primary reasons for the application was that Sovereign's professional indemnity insurance was not ...

Exotic and unequitable fees on the rise

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... products. "Where it is an established fund, we point out that these fees structures are either not competitive or fair and equitable, and that it can keep ratings of funds lower than they otherwise would be." But, Wright added, "Encouragingly I must ...