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Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... director at Taurus Funds Management, said super funds are reluctant to invest further in Australia's resource sector because trustees believe they already have adequate exposure. "When you speak to super funds, they say they have a lot of implicit and ...

QSuper appoints NAB for custody

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... QSuper establishing a direct relationship with NAB as its custodian, noted a press statement. First, QSuper's Board of Trustees decided to have greater internal control, transparency and influence over the assets of the fund and create an internal investment ...

Class Super accelerates member reports

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administrators, accountants and trustees will be able to automate fund member reports after Class Financial Systems upgraded its technology. Richard Barber, chief executive at Class Financial, said many groups managing ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... measure expected to benefit 275,000 people. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said she is extremely pleased with the Government's response. "It is a sensible move. Getting to 12 per cent is the first ...

Ord Minnett raises $600 million

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... is looking for financial advice experts in assisting high net worth clients, including self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Gunning runs Ord Minnett Private Wealth, Portfolio Services, Funds Management and Corporate Finance businesses. Karl Morris ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... recommendations of the Cooper Review released today.In the SMSF Phase Three - Preliminary Report, the panel acknowledged SMSF trustees should be free to choose investments but that 'collectables' and personal use assets by trustees should no longer be ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... members. Otherwise, the Review suggests the fund "must pool its MySuper product assets with the MySuper products of other trustees or merge its MySuper members and operations with other funds to reach the required scale". It is this scale objectives ...

Less regulation, more action: Hartsuyker

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... for superannuation, Luke Hartsuyker, said the Government should be encouraging innovative investment strategies from trustees, rather than limiting investors to standard investment choices. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Trustees urged to review power of attorney

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees should look over the fine print of their enduring powers of attorney documents for their fund because state and territory law can affect when and how that power is moved. Enduring power of attorney refers to the ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... optimal retirement savings for its members, or must pool its MySuper product assets with the MySuper products of other trustees, or merge its MySuper members and operations with other funds to reach the required scale" But implementation of the SSR MySuper ...