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Quadrant eyes Vision Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Quadrant Super prepares to shift its investments portfolios across to a new super fund platform this year, but said it will maintain its "small and independent" status. Quadrant, which just reached $500 million in funds under management (FUM) this month ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... officer showed how even beginner hackers can use freely available tutorials on YouTube to gain entry to poorly secured databases via an "SQL injection". Once inside they could delete or tamper with records, or steal private information. "All data in ...

SMSFs increase reliance on ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... invested in the Australian market in July 2010. Corbett noted that the GFC has boosted the profile of ETFs and said that gearing via self funding installment warrants could become a viable option to investors if markets continue to improve. "The fact ...

ASFA ushers year of e-commerce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Electronic commerce for Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry is now firmly in the sights of ASFA 's electronic commerce policy subcommittee. Driving the strategy is Graham Sammells, chief executive of the IQ Business group, who has just ...

Untapped potential in salary sacrifice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... of years to make it easier to contribute in pre-tax dollars without having to link to their employer, including for example via iPhone apps. "That's the challenge," she said. REST Industry Super is the largest fund by membership and covers 1.9 million ...

Legalsuper employer contribs jump 15 pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
Boutique legal industry super fund legalsuper reported a 15 per cent jump in employer contributions for the six months to 31 December 2010, reinforcing the rising inflows they attracted in 2009. The inflow momentum has seen them increase their contributions ...

AUI signs up fixed income veteran

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... interest sector. Of our $1.7 trillion investments industry, only $195 billion is made up of fixed interest in managed funds via superannuation," said David Bryant, head of AUI. "The market is on the cusp of confidence so retail investors will move into ...

Super stoush over opt-in scheme

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... will focus... on higher value clients and thus lower and middle income Australians will be priced out of the market," he said via email. Financial advisor Phil Butterworth, chief executive, DKN Financial Group, said it would give advisers an administrative ...

Westpac Online launches intl CFDs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Westpac Online Investing adds international Contracts for Difference (CFDs) to its product suite. Available from this week, Westpac Online investors will have access to CFD coverage across nine international markets that include international shares ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Leading superannuation expert and academic John Evans believes there are more ways to develop the annuities market than are currently being explored. The uncertainty attached to longevity, or people outliving their savings, and its impact on the wider ...