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Super is for income, not wealth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Super funds should start reporting their performance based on how much income they can provide to members on retirement, not on how much they return in the intervening period when the savings are locked up, said a US-based retirement expert. Don Ezra ...

NAB Super fine-tunes investment choice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
NAB Group Superannuation Fund increases the flexibility of its investment choice options by introducing a new system that allows switches to be made within percentage multiples of 1 per cent, as opposed to the previous 10 per cent allowance. Effective ...

Legalsuper members make a choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
More than half of the $1 billion industry fund legalsuper's members are taking charge of their investment choice - a strong sign that informed members are increasingly voicing their opinions on how their super should be run. A survey that was conducted ...

Planners tune in to ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... will revolutionise investing in Australia, citing low cost, simple risk management, precise timing, and wider investment choice as the building blocks to the market's growth. He first recommended ETFs four years ago. "ETFs broaden the menu of choices ...

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... introduced a new "high growth" investment option to members. Up until the start of this year, MIESF did not offer investment choice to members. All of the fund's assets had been invested in accordance with a single investment strategy determined by the ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Senator Nick Sherry may be very vocal about the need to slash superannuation fees from an average 1.25 per cent to below one per cent but he said legislating a fees cap is out of the question. "I'm not an advocate of fee caps. I don't think that's appropriate ...

Advisers happier with wrap service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... highly satisfied with the reporting service. More than 90 per cent of advisers said the platform's level of investment choice was "positive". Doug Chang, Macquarie Wrap head of product, said adviser demand is a key driver on what the firm provides on ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... favoured Janus' global strategies over regional ones, but the launch of the product indicated a widening of investment choice for clients. "The strong response for our research products in Australia is mostly for our global research, but it's great to ...

HOST-PLUS drops five-day rule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... be moved into that strategy the next day. Previously HOST-PLUS members needed to submit any changes to their investment choice before the last five business days of the month for the changes to occur at the beginning of the next month. As a result of ...

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 ...