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What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
What the fudge! Yes I know gentle readers, most especially dear Canadian gentle reader Mike, today's topic is about that thing I placed my right hand on my left breast vowing not to mention again only a weekend and day ago. How can I not break my vow ...

FSS increases insurance premiums

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... pricing of our insurance arrangement." These price increases follow major insurance improvements introduced by FSS in 2009 when TAL took over the fund's group insurance contract from Metlife. The premium changes come into effect on 1 January 2014 based ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Industry fund-owned asset consultant Frontier Advisors has appointed former head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) Property Tim Stringer as a senior consultant in its real assets team. Stringer, who moves to Frontier from a position ...

Taper talk - the finale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013

Industry and retail fund mergers on the cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
As the pressure on superannuation funds to merge increases, large industry funds may start looking to retail funds for merger opportunities, according to DST Global Solutions head of business development Rhys Octigan. Octigan said that technological ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street amid concerns that the US Federal Reserve will scale back its bond-buying program more quickly than previously thought. At 0825 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

AustSuper denies member exploitation of group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... denied that 'automatic acceptance' to the fund's group life insurance offering is being exploited. AustralianSuper's insurer, TAL, recently announced that its profits were down by almost 60% from the same time last year, and there is a perception that ...