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ACSRF boosts insurance for members

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
The Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund joins the growing number of super funds providing more insurance at little or no extra cost after it increased its death and TPD insurance cover for members from 8 to 28 per cent starting next month. ...

Mercer wins RBF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Tasmania's Retirement Benefit Fund has confirmed Mercer as its outsourcing partner for administration, member contact and communication. RBF chief executive Philip Mussared said Mercer will have operational responsibility for administration, member ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Local university endowment funds investments performed three times better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions ...

Planners welcome comms ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Half of Australia's financial planners view the government's ban on commissions as beneficial to the industry, according to an Investment Trends survey. According to the survey of 472 planners, 50 per cent believe the Government's intention to remove ...

Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Qantas Super is easing the flow of funds into its $66 million additional funding plan as markets bounce back and the fund's financial position improves. Qantas Super's funding plan was established last April to boost the coffers of its defined benefit ...

Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The type of financial planners that will 'inherit the earth' are those with the best wealth transfer strategies to recommend to clients, research shows. Latest data from the Lifeplan Financial Advice Satisfaction Index show that 61.6 per cent of 400 ...

AustralianSuper and AMP fight for super's most wanted

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Investors looking to move their funds from one super fund to another are most likely to choose AustralianSuper, followed by AMP, PSS and QSuper, new research shows. According to CoreData's latest survey of 595 individuals, 9.9 per cent would consider ...

Fixed income gains pace among SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Planners are noticing an upward shift in SMSF investor sentiment towards fixed income investments, as attractive yields and increasing interest rates draw investor interest, new research shows. According to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Trends ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian fund managers looking to do business with Asian sovereign fund Temasek will need to woo new leaders at the firm namely the new president and the new head of portfolio management announced last week. Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara has been appointed ...

Dimensional wins $45m Aussie eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Dimensional has won a $45 million Australian equities mandate from private health insurer Medibank Private. With over $170 billion in assets under management worldwide and around $20 billion locally, Dimensional will manage the mandate, which targets ...