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NRL stars join Auscoal Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony 'Butts' Butterfield and ex-Queensland State of Origin player, Adrian Vowles, have joined Auscoal Super's business relationship team. Butterfield and Vowles will join the industry super fund's relationship team in ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Super funds investments into Australian infrastructure should be a win-win arrangement for both parties - but the current structures and projects remain too risky for institutional mandates, according to Asset Super. John Paul, chief executive of the ...

Commonwealth FP restructures, head departs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
David Mackay, general manager of Commonwealth Financial Planning, is leaving the firm following an internal restructure. A spokesperson from Colonial First State confirmed that Mackay would be leaving his role while CFP transitions to a new business ...

GESB unveils opt-in insurance for casuals

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
GESB is restructuring its insurance arrangements for casual members - introducing a new 'opt-in' option for all new casual employees who join the WA fund. GESB announced that starting this month, new casual employees who want insurance cover will be ...

SSgA cuts securities lending on fixed income funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
State Street Global Advisors has discontinued its securities lending program for a range of UCITS fixed income funds. SSgA, a prominent securities lender, announced on the Irish Stock Exchange last week that it had stopped its securities lending program ...

Insurers post double-digit growth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
AMP, National Australia/MLC and Tower were among the insurers that reported double digit percentage growth in risk premium inflows last year - but overall sales in the risk market has slumped, research shows. According to Plan for Life, Australia's ...

New regular payment plans at NSF

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
NSF Super has introduced a new regular payment plan option for retiring members. Nationwide Superannuation Fund, which had around $400 million in assets under management at the end of last year according to Rainmaker data, stated the new option was ...

Planners rank high on client scorecard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
People who use planners love the services they get, but those who have never dealt with planners directly are skeptical, research shows. According to research by CoreData-brandmanagement, commissioned by the Association of Financial Advisers, investors ...

Legalsuper puts custody to tender

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The $1.3 billion legalsuper is tendering its custody mandate for the first time in eight years. Melbourne-based legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl confirmed the fund is in the midst of tendering its custody mandate with the contract taking effect ...

More insurance for IBM Super members

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
The corporate fund of IBM Australia is boosting its insurance for members, including opening up death and TPD cover for spouse and retained members. According to an update on the IBM Super website, the super fund now allows retained and spouse members ...