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TWUSUPER ramps up fund features

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... has revamped its investment switching, investment options and crediting rates arrangements to provide members with more choice and efficiency. TWUSUPER, which had $1.85 billion in funds under management at 31 March, had moved to weekly crediting rates ...

Hyperion targets retail market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... distributor. Manny Pohl, managing director at Hyperion Asset Management, said Pinnacle Investment Management was a natural choice given the existing relationship. "Our investment team, which has been together for more than 10 years, has produced very ...

Telstra Super rolls out phone advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... through superannuation advisers," the fund said in a statement. This limited advice includes information on investment choice, contributions, and adequacy of insurance cover. Telstra Super said that the initiative would streamline its service offering ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The global economic crisis has a serious impact not just on the finances of African women but on their mortality rates too, said Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank vice president for the Africa Region. The global economic crisis will drastically reduce ...

Epoch wins record $1.35bn equities mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... billion mandate is spread across six different strategies, of which three - the global equities shareholder yield, global choice and international small cap strategies - are available to Australian investors. "This is a very significant award for Epoch ...

Scoring goals with LUCRF Super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
The $2 billion LUCRF Super has formed a partnership with the Australian Professional Footballers' Association that will see the fund provide superannuation services to PFA members. Greg Sword, chief executive of LUCRF Super said the partnership was ...

More mortgage brokers to sell insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
First Aussie John announced he would "shake up" the insurance market, now Mortgage Choice is boosting its presence in life insurance too. Independently-owned mortgage house Mortgage Choice announced the partnership with Lifebroker, which claims to be ...

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... evolved, with the fund managing $3.6 billion and among these upgrades are two new options for members looking to exercise more choice in their investment strategies. Available at the start of this month, members can now choose to mix and match up to ...

AMP gears up for changes in advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
AMP is getting a head start on the changes in superannuation regulation and shifting consumer behaviour towards financial planning through a new project called 'Advice 2010'. Craig Dunn, chief executive of AMP and a speaker at the Trans-Tasman Business ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... funds provided the asset allocations are determined by the trustees and not through fund members exercising investment choice. This new 'whole of fund' metric is needed because the "inability of investors to reliably compare individual funds or investments ...