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Gibson appointed interim CEO of City Super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... During her tenure, she guided ESI through legislation changes such as Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licensing, choice of fund and better super changes. She also led the expansion of the fund's services to members, including new systems and ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
The way super funds appoint their trustee boards and disclose boardroom decisions such as investment strategy and pay are starting to look out-of-date and out-of-touch as more super funds become open to the public, said a superannuation expert. Liz ...

Tax system should improve wellbeing: Henry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
A landmark speech by Dr Ken Henry, head of Treasury, shows why he terrifies the financial services lobby - he believes the taxation system should be used to boost societal wellbeing rather than protect incumbency. Speaking yesterday at the Committee ...

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... director of the Centre for Pensions and Superannuation at the UNSW Australian School of Business. Evans said the high level of choice being imposed on fund members comes at considerable opportunity cost, especially if members select inappropriate investment ...

SuperChoice signs TOWER super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
TOWER Australia joins a growing list of corporate super fund providers that have switched from doing choice-of-fund admin internally to outsourcing the role to clearinghouse specialist, SuperChoice. Under the deal, SuperChoice will handle contributions ...

Countdown to awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... out the Superannuation Fund of the Year, ASGARD Superannuation Account won the Personal Super Fund of the Year - Premium Choice and Michael Dwyer from First State Super was recognised with the Industry Service Award. Financial Standard is part of Rainmaker ...

Rev mortgage market continues to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... to utilise a higher proportion of the available funds, the study found. Variable rate loans are still the most popular choice for borrowers, with 85 per cent of all outstanding loans on a variable interest rate. The study also found, the main reason ...

AIOFP elects new board for PCM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) have elected a new board to oversee its product manufacturing arm, Personal Choice Management, ahead of a bidding war on which platforms will manage around $4 billion of fund inflows on their behalf. The ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... and full support for both accumulation and pension products. The program took off quickly, and has become the software of choice for over 60,000 SMSFs across Australia, noted the statement. Managing director for boutique self managed superannuation administration ...

Industry funds not undermining confidence: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... executive director David Whiteley told delegates at the annual conference of the Australian Advisers Association (AFA). "Choice of fund was introduced at the behest of the retail funds. We do better ads than retail funds and you want the ads banned." ...