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Sentiment to Aust shares stays high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
Sentiment towards strong Australian equity returns has improved over the last month while the mood towards international equities has dampened, according to latest Financial Standard market expectations survey. The proportion of wealth management professionals ...

Super fund returns best in a decade: SelectingSuper

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Super funds look set to deliver their best performance figures in a decade, with not-for-profit funds again stretching their lead, according to the latest SelectingSuper report. Default investment options averaged 14.9 per cent for the last financial ...

ING rated best group risk provider

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... based on face-to-face interviews with more than 30 clients, including key decision makers at large industry funds, master trust providers and corporates, who collectively account for more than $700 million in annual group insurance premiums. Ranking ...

Industry funds show strongest growth in assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
Industry super funds continue to grow, driven by returns, their extra value and members making the switch, said David Whiteley, executive manager of the Industry Super Network. Whiteley said industry funds showed the strongest growth in assets for the ...

ASIC review to streamline IDPS rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is undertaking its first ever review of the rules around licensing for Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS) which it hopes will simplify some of their operating rules and reduce barriers ...

AIG builds major risk upgrade for AON

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
AIG Life has custom built new group insurance arrangements with AON Master Trust, adding a significant range of new policy features that AON believes makes their master trust among the most competitive in the market. AIG Life's Head of Group Insurance ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Improving international equities and property markets have helped super funds recover their returns to an average 12.2 per cent for the year to end April, up from 10 per cent as at end March, according to SelectingSuper. In the latest SelectingSuper ...

Aon renews vows with AIG

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Aon Master Trust has signed a new three year agreement with AIG Life, extending the company's seven year partnership as group insurance partner. Aon's director of superannuation, Steve Gaffney, said working together, the two companies had reduced claims ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released figures it says shows competition and increasing funds under management are driving down fees, however recent Rainmaker data paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006 ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Rainmaker has released their 2007 super and retirement fund survey, showing fees have jumped 8 per cent, or nearly three times the inflation rate. But the continuing performance bull run is distracting funds more focused on expanding their investments ...