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JUST SUPER hits high note

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... PSS/CSS, the orchestras' previous super providers, to employees' future super contributions. "JUST SUPER was a natural choice for these organisations," said Caroline Lee, acting chief executive of JUST SUPER. "More than half of the employees involved ...

Reverse mortgage standards under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
A CHOICE shadow shop survey of the reverse mortgage industry has revealed some poor practices and areas for concern, but plans are already underway from some in the industry to effect a uniform lift in standards. Three CHOICE representatives visited ...

Overseas direct property grows four-fold

... per cent), the Netherlands (2 per cent) and France (1 per cent) over this time." In Asia, Hong Kong was the most popular choice accounting for 12 per cent of investor money. Macau, South Korea and New Zealand fund flows trailed behind at 4 per cent ...

Vision Super goes public

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... "The pressure on industry funds to retain and grow their membership bases has been increasing since the introduction of choice of funds almost 20 months ago," said Rob Brooks, the group's chief executive. Initially, the new public offer fund will offer ...

Asgard welcomes head of corporate super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... product initiatives, the formulation of sales and retention strategies and further Asgard's goal of becoming a "partner of choice" for advisers in the corporate super market. "We want to make sure our business super clients are well positioned to help ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... results are expected from CSL Ltd, Tabcorp Holdings, Toll Holdings, Skilled Group, Healthscope Ltd, Perpetual Ltd, Mortgage Choice, Transurban Group, Brambles Ltd, Pacific Brands and Investa Property. Australia's largest oil company, Woodside Petroleum ...

Perpetual repatriates UK pension benefits

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... are seeking to transfer their UK pension benefits without incurring a hefty tax bill," said Wang. Perpetual's Investor Choice Retirement Fund, which includes the Perpetual WealthFocus Super Plan and Perpetual WealthFocus Pension Plan options, received ...

Mutiple super costs $315m: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... unnecessary and duplicate superannuation accounts is $315 million per year, a fraction of the $2 billion figure by consumer group CHOICE. The findings were from the "Aggregate and individual costs of multiple superannuation accounts" report released ...

Just debit it: Centricom

... online shopping market, where growth is being held back by a lack of trust in using online payment systems and a lack of choice for merchants and consumers," said Simon Warner, CEO of Centricom. Warner commends eBay's business model which incorporates ...

US losing grip on depositary receipts: JPMorgan

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... continue to be attractive to investors seeking cross-border exposure. "The depositary receipt continues to be the vehicle of choice for issuers to efficiently access global capital markets and for investors to gain global equity exposure," said Claudine ...