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ING appoints chief financial officer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
... selection process and assessed many quality candidates. Ian's industry experience in Australia and Asia made him the preferred choice."

SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... on ABC television, has unsurprisingly rejected criticism of the sale while NSW Premier Morris Iemma said, "For us it's a choice of taking money from schools and hospitals, or& authorising it as one of the shareholders to be used for Snowy Hydro to build ...

Baby boomers set to live it up in retirement: CommBank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... in a far more active way than past generations, with two-thirds believing they will be able to afford their lifestyle of choice. The Lifestyle Aspirations survey reported that nearly 60 per cent of respondents thought their retirement lifestyle would ...

Russell reinforces retirement services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Russell Investment Group has announced the appointment of superannuation specialist Linda Elkins to the new role of director, retirement services, in a move to strengthen their retirement services. Russell Retirement Services is a newly formed division ...

More meat in Meat Super

... switch to the fund. However, meat workers who have moved on to other industries can still stay with the fund thanks to the choice of fund legislation. "We also have a special 'death benefit' cover, also at low fees, that we want to retain and APRA rules ...

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

... March called the 'Dow Jones Citigroup Sukuk Index' and in February, the 'FTSE SGX Asia Shariah 100 Index'. In Australia, choice legislation means Muslim-Australian investors who are unhappy with their default super funds now have the option to set up ...

Aust Scholarships Group waves goodbye to founder

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... to plan for their children's education, just like they plan for a holiday or plan any other major purchase or lifestyle choice." Dr Gordon Young will step into Tyler's shoes as chairman of ASG. Dr Young has been a non-executive director on the ASG board ...

Fees are going up, but it wasn't meant to be

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Market pressure due to super choice was meant to drive down fees. But fees are going up. Why? The answer is primarily due to the impact of the ASIC fee template. Yes, it's the government's fault. Not because compliance costs have added to super fund ...

ACT govt goes to super tender

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... being driven by the ACT government's need to find a default super fund for its estimated 14,000 employees under the super choice legislation. Currently ACT government employees are members of the Commonwealth Government sponsored PSS Super Scheme (PSS). ...

FPA stops short of backing member calls

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) has stopped short of backing member calls for a shift towards offering consumers the choice of fee for service, instead supporting what it calls an "advice-based" fee model. FPA chairman, Corinna Dieters, said she ...