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PSI Super partners with SyncSoft to grow third party admin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... administration platform involves the migration of 200,000 members onto the new system. "SyncSoft's CAPITAL system was the natural choice. Its proven scalability and feature rich product capability delivers a financial services solution for PSI that enables ...

30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... by how difficult it is to consolidate their super accounts. "It can be so difficult they just give up." Meanwhile, super choice itself is expected to put considerable pressure on super funds to dramatically lift their game in this litmus test area of ...

NAB rolls out in-house planner strategy

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
... taken out, including income, home and contents and loan protection. Hondros added that all of their planners now offer a choice between fee for service and commission based remuneration. He said that it is a move to avoid the conflicts of interest shadow ...

Health Super achieves its RSE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... our ongoing commitment to our members and employers." Signalling future directions for the fund in the more dynamic post-choice world, Clausen said, "It also represents a major milestone in the development and implementation of our public offer product ...

Macq snares RSE license and wholesale BOQ deal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... attractive 7.95 per cent per annum rate. "Macquarie's premium service reputation and broad product range makes us a natural choice for organisations like BOQ who want customised products designed and priced for their customer base," head of Macquarie ...

SG not a tax: Tax Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
... direct payment transfer to government rather than to a third party, such as a super fund, the report's authors had little choice but to accept that their personal perceptions on this thorny question would not pass muster. Despite this acknowledgement ...

1 in 4 Australians have more than one super fund: ICAA

... Accountants in Australia (ICAA) surveyed 1,200 Australians last month seeking to discover the real impact of the super choice legislation and whether people have taken advantage of it to sort out their super. They found that despite all the media coverage ...

Women like risk, men think too much

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... affected the decision of investors, but their context in terms of the other options available on that same menu. Too much choice, however, could backfire, said McNaughton. "Too much choice can paralyse the decision maker into inaction."

Accountants come under shadow shop radar

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... ranging in age from 18 to 65 with balances of between $45 and $1 million and who sought advice from a professional of their choice, 59 per cent of which were their existing advisers. Tanzer said consumers' choice in advisers was not influenced by ASIC ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

The much-anticipated shadow shopping survey conducted by ASIC post-choice has revealed that around 80 per cent of financial advisers gave 'reasonable advice' or better, but an unacceptably high 20 per cent made consumers worse-off. And that is just ...