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ESI Super targets younger members on advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... communication strategy that specifically targets tier 3 - where members seek advice on specific single issues such as investment choice and insurance, which leads to a statement of advice. "[This tier] is the one we're trying to develop to get our younger ...

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... at Plum. "We will have a strong focus around addressing adequacy... helping people make the right decision on investment choice...contribution and insurance levels," said Woodall. The graduated advice model allows members to tap both intra-fund and full-advice ...

US firm launches religious ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... tobacco, pornography, weaponry and other specific issues. In addition to providing religious investors with more investment choice, FaithShares is giving a minimum 10 per cent of its net income to a ministry associated with one of the religious denom ...

Members to benefit from standard risk labels: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Many super fund trustees are supporting the idea of applying standardised risk labels to all their member investment choices, a move that will help fund members better understand the risk they take when switching from one option to the next. ASFA chief ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian trustees looking to slash fees should have a good look at the US public sector quasi-industry fund, the Thrift Savings Plan, that uses Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) to deliver total fees of just 0.15 per cent. Thrift is a US pension fund used ...

Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Member investment choice (MIC), Lost Super and the 30-day portability rule are just three of many "hidden" variables that further complicates liquidity risk management for many super funds, said Howard Rosario, chief executive of Westscheme. Speaking ...

AMP wins Asset Super mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... under management. The Socially Responsible option was then extended to all Asset members as a part of the member investment choice offering in October that same year. The Asset Socially Responsible investment option excludes investments that involve ...

Cooper throws down super gauntlet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Super System Review chair, Jeremy Cooper, gave a wide ranging interview on the ABC's Inside Business yesterday that should immediately dismiss any concerns that he is leading just another harmless superannuation inquiry. From whether super should be ...

Unlisted assets should be limited: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said to protect liquidity, super funds should have limits on how many illiquid investments they can hold. John Brogden, IFSA chief executive, told ABC BusinessLateLine last night that "We believe ...

Macq Global Investments wins mandates...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Macquarie Global Investments' Professional Series has been awarded an investment mandate from industry super fund Cbus and a nod from van Eyk. A statement from the bank said Cbus had invested a significant amount into the Scotland-based fund manager ...