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Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... out of its other distribution business, mortgage aggregation. The group owns or has investments in three aggregators - Choice, Fast and Plan - and has an investment in the lender Homeloans. Tilley said that Challenger remained committed to the development ...

Focus on value not fees: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... Advisers (AFA) has put its foot down that advisers' commissions should not be abolished because the existing system promotes choice and value among clients. AFA national president Dennis Bateman stated that mandating a single model of remuneration is ...

Netwealth hatches baby wrap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... range of investments because it did not use a mandate structure. In addition, the Investor Rewards Program also includes a choice of three model portfolios which have been created by the firm. Each model portfolio uses three netwealth multi manager diversified ...

See-through IMAs buffer market sting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... check their portfolios to pinpoint which shares took the brunt of the credit crisis and which ones didn't. "They have a choice to see their portfolios 24 hours a day. Visibility and the access to us are perhaps why they haven't been much taken by surprise," ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
A forum convened by APRA to discuss their superannuation statistical surveys became one of the most heated seminars the industry has seen in years as the regulator reacted to heavy criticism that they are not properly reporting investment returns. Charles ...

AustralianSuper adopts daily crediting rates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... the case. "AustralianSuper has a relatively large number of members [1.3 million] who have an interest in our investment choice options and daily crediting rates more closely align movement in valuations to cash flows and member's investment changes," ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... vehicle manufacturers towards developing alternative engines, OPEC's worst fears could be realised and they may have no choice but to force down oil prices to save themselves and the world from hyper-inflation.

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for reporting of superannuation returns to be standardised, in the same way as managed fund returns are currently reported, to provide investors with better transparency over their superannuation savings. Given ...

Sunsuper teams with Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... investment operations and custody advice services. Sunsuper is AAA rated by SelectingSuper and their default investment choice is currently ranked in the top 30 super funds over one, three and five years. Simon Eagleton, head of the investment consulting ...

Industry funds have mass appeal: Chant West

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... those funds are the way to go." He said those requiring daily unit pricing, flexible insurance cover and greater investment choice should consider a retail super fund, but should be prepared to pay extra for it. Fryer's comments stem from research Chant ...