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Bennelong appoints senior analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Former ING Investment Management analyst, Kieran Sission, will join Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) next month as a senior analyst. Sission has worked with members of BAEP management for more than five years during their tenure at ING Investment ...

LUCRF launches community trust

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
LUCRF Super has made charity work a key priority following the establishment a community partnership trust. John Lenders MP, Victorian treasurer and minister for financial services officially launched the trust at an event that was attended by over ...

Charter Hall to launch industrial property fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Listed property group Charter Hall, which early this year bought Macquarie's core real estate management platform, responds to SMSF demand for direct property investments with the launch of a new industrial fund. Richard Stacker, previously at Macquarie ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
HFA Asset Management is rebranding to CERTITUDE Global Investments as the business repositions itself as a multi-asset active manager. The CERTITUDE brand will replace the HFA Asset Management name across its product marketing and branding in Australia ...

Review reinforces power of fund scale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... members' interest," noted the review. The review panel is also calling for the removal of barriers in the tax legislation and SIS Act to fund consolidation, in the interest of achieving scale. The argument of bigger, better funds extends to investment ...

Cooper Review wants bigger role for APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... have a major impact on trustee practices, especially as it is likely that if such a recommendation were to make it into the SIS Regulation that it would not be possible to distinguish between not-for-profit funds and retail funds. The first test to this ...

Govt extends drawdown relief for account-based pensions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The government has extended the drawdown relief currently provided for account-based superannuation pensions to the 2010-11 year. Under existing laws, self-funded retirees are required a set minimum payment from their superannuation account-based pension ...

Maritime looks beyond life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... are always on the lookout for ways to help members in their day-to-day living. "Through Superannuation Insurance Services (SIS), members of Maritime Super will soon be able to access a host of discounted insurance products," noted the statement. The ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... against the trustees or trustee directors." The report believes new administrative penalties framework should be based on the SIS Act. It could be modelled on the Taxation Administration Act 1953 penalty framework, which includes penalty units and assessment ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... by super funds unless the government passes the relevant legislation. For example, the Review calls for adjustments to the SIS Act, the overarching law for all things super, so that super funds can carry through the reforms. Contained in the report is ...