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AustralianSuper and Mercer now a tag team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... tendering process "exhaustive", and said Mercer was bestowed the appointment due to the firm's "capacity to accommodate complex plans with a defined benefit component." "We are now seeing a new wave of outsourcing in the superannuation industry. Larger ...

Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... funds under management. Despite various saving options such as term deposits, mortgage redraw facilities, and scholarship plans, investment bonds' 10-year tax rule and "125 per cent" opportunity have increasingly become key selling points among mum and ...

One in three retirees don't review plan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... considered themselves ready for retirement meanwhile 35 per cent of working Australians had never reviewed their retirement plans and 39 per cent had not reviewed their plans once in retirement. More encouragingly the age for Australians starting plan ...

Macq appoints ex-Platypus fundie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... more than 300 advisers and state manager for the National Australia Financial Planning, where he implemented successful plans to build planner numbers. "We believe there is huge potential in the Queensland market, which is home to many investment savvy ...

Olympus and Contango explore India

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... last year. Olympus also possesses ties with Indian financial services conglomerate Kotak Mahindra, and together with Kotak plans to pave the way for Australian investors interested in capitalising on investment opportunities in India. "The Indian share ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... 12 per cent figure is a more than achievable target for the Government. "It's all about affordability, but if you run the plans over four or five years and work towards it, they would become imminently affordable. Along the way, if there is a co-contribution ...

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... Despite the ongoing LPT malaise, the group will forge ahead with its current funds management strategy and confirmed it has no plans to change the direction of their investments approach. "Operationally, Aspen's stronger now than it's ever been. What ...

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... as to where savings will come from, but Labor expects spending cuts to deliver a budget surplus of $17.9 billion. Labor's plans to address the home-ownership affordability crisis follows international survey revelations that Australia is the country ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

CFS adds muscle to distribution team

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... who have been appointed new platform BDMs to the team. Despite these additions, Barett confirms that he has no immediate plans to revamp Colonial First State's overall distribution market and strategy. "Between 40 to 50 per cent of our flows come from ...