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Equipsuper goes public

Equipsuper has become a public offer superannuation fund as of 1 July 2005 to coincide with the first day of the choice of fund environment. The move comes after 12 months of preparation that concluded when the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Balanced approach from regulators re Choice

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have jointly released a booklet outlining the compliance approach to the impending choice of fund environment. The material guide, called Choice of ...

Smorgon Steel appoints Watson Wyatt

Watson Wyatt will provide actuarial and investment consulting services to Smorgon Steel's four superannuation funds. The superannuation funds have a combined membership of more than 3,600 members with over $210 million in assets. Most recently Watson ...

BNP Paribas Securities signs up HiPortfolio/3

BNP Paribas Securities Service has become the second custodian to sign up for DST International's (DSTi) new HiPortfolio/3 service since April. BNP Paribas decided to continue its relationship with DSTi following a detailed open tender. It had previously ...

Lonsdale signs up Praemium

Lonsdale Financial Services planners will be able to use Praemium Portfolio Services following an arrangement reached between the two groups. "Praemium is a unique service that favours our accounting based adviser group particularly in the areas of ...

ATO calls on SMSF trustees to get it right

The Australian Tax Office has encouraged trustees of self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) to ensure the ownership of assets are held by the fund and not the trustee. It has also stated that all other breaches of SMSF rules will be dealt with heavily ...

ASIC provides guidance about Choice advice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a guide to help individuals and organisations, namely employers, who do not hold an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and are likely to give advice to employees about ...

Heron urges corporate super fund members to be wary of Choice

Independent superannuation consultants The Heron Partnership has warned members of corporate superannuation funds to be cautious in their approach to choice of fund. Heron encourages members of these funds to consider factors such as investment options ...

Standard & Poor's rates Aberdeen and Colonial First State

Standard & Poor's has assigned a strong ASSIRT rating to Aberdeen's Asian and Emerging market equity funds and a competent ASSIRT rating Colonial First State's (CFS) wholesale global property securities fund. The ASSIRT rating on Aberdeen's funds include ...

Asgard enhances partnership with Advance

Advance Asset Management has formulated a new deal with Asgard for the provision of administration services and a registry platform for Advance's fund management and superannuation products. The new arrangement represents an enhancement to the existing ...