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Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... capital markets. Jules Gribble, director of superannuation and unit pricing specialist Ask!t Consulting, said that the super choice legislation has increased 'arbitraging', where members can take advantage of 'loopholes' in unit pricing processes to ...

ASIC shadow shop draws zero consumer complaints

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... from the shadow survey, which supposedly demonstrated how advice was deeply flawed, particularly as it relates to super choice switching, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wrote to survey participants it felt were negatively ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
The pay packets of management are back in the spotlight with news that the average salary of chief executives in Australian chief executives has risen by about three hundred per cent over the last couple of decades and that within the top 50 companies ...

Smart 401(k) plan design boosts their take-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
Research from the US-based Investment Company Institute (ICI) reveals smart 401(k)s plan design is a big factor in their take up. "Research generally indicates that offering employer matching contributions or a loan provision increases participation. ...

Family banned by ASIC and AFSL revoked

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... relevant information, including that relating to remuneration, to enable clients to make an informed decision about their choice of financial products."

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Super funds increasing their allocations to hedge funds and absolute strategies are not increasing their risk weightings because such strategies are really aimed at adding greater diversification. Scott MacDonald, managing director of VanMac Global ...

Noonan replaces Wason on CBUS board

... however has not distracted the AAA rated $9.2 billion super fund. According to SelectingSuper, CBUS' default investment choice was rated among the top 20 over three and five years in the period to end August. The 'growth option' was top quartile over ...

Joining a DB fund the ultimate choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... comments on why Unisuper has not gone public offer, Byrne said Unisuper has a special place because universities don't offer choice. "We have extra pressure to perform and to keep costs very low. We are under even more pressure than many 'public offer' ...

Advice in 2020

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... end of the market advice has become very specialised, especially on risk matters." Nick Coates, senior policy officer for CHOICE, said, "Advisers will be fully professional and consumers would have learned that quality advice is not free." Robbie Bennetts ...

Sen Chapman explains Parliamentary Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... "Some people making submissions to the Inquiry believe APRA's interpretation of the SIS Act can undermine member investment choice [MIC] to the point where they encourage fund trustees to ignore financial planning advice given to members," said Senator ...