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Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... house system - effectively one single admin system where small businesses with less than 20 staff can offer their staff choice-of-fund without the related time and cost issues. The scheme stands to benefit more than 90 per cent of businesses in the country. ...

Charles River adds 13 Aussie clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... said. "Our Australian clients demand increased control over their trading strategies...[our network] gives them greater choice and access to the region's growing variety of advanced execution methods," he said. The Charles River Network is a broker-neutral ...

Four in five happy with their super: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... minority nine per cent saw the market collapse as an issue and 12 per cent raised their contributions to super this year. Choice-of-fund is working with eight per cent of respondents switching funds in the past 12 months, a low number in context of changes ...

Mass modular advice to boost savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Super Network (ISN). Coates is well versed on the issue as the former financial services policy officer of consumer body CHOICE. "This is not a debate about complete advice versus simple advice but rather about people getting no advice versus giving ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... changed the industry paradigm. MTAA Super was also awarded the SelectingSuper Workplace Super Fund of the Year for value-choice funds. Host-Plus for the Workplace Super Fund of the Year won in the deluxe-choice category. The open-architecture platform ...

QIEC Super enhances services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
QIEC Super improved its financial planning service, added seven more investment choice options and extended its member insurance to remain competitive. From January, the super fund is providing personal financial advice through Queensland Teachers Credit ...

Westscheme heeds APRA comments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Westscheme chief executive Howard Rosario said the super fund changed its member choice cash option after APRA told trustees that members choosing the option assume their funds are invested in cash, not 'enhanced cash' instruments. ING Investment Management ...

Citibank narrows retail product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... customers are sourced through brokers. The bank deals with most aggregator groups, though not Aussie Home Loans or Mortgage Choice. Personal instalment loans represent about five per cent of Citibank's unsecured consumer lending. The bank will continue ...

First State Super wins low cost race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... winning the lowest cost fund, First State Super was also found to be the lowest cost public offer retirement fund and VALUE-choice fund under the Rainmaker Benchmarking criteria. First State Super is the 9th largest fund in Australia with over 500,000 ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... because turnover declines," he said in an investor presentation. By contrast, free cash flow will be the analytical tool of choice because shareprice performance will depend on which companies show operational efficiences, have capital expense under ...