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AMP SMSF completes leadership team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
AMP SMSF has appointed Samantha Clarke as director, SMSF Solutions, reporting to AMP SMSF managing director Paul Sainsbury, effective August 13. Clarke joins the newly formed business unit from AMP Capital where she was head of marketing. Her appointment ...

Target Maturity Funds Take Top Spot

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Target Maturity funds, a form of life cycle funds, have remained the most popular sector for funds launched within the last six months in Europe with net inflows of A$1.2 billion during May alone. However, the bulk of this growth is due to just two ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australian institutional investors wanting to gain a toehold in the Asian market or learn more about how the funds management market works in the region have only a few weeks to register for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Investing In ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The Pension Beneficiary Living Costs Index rose 0.5% for the June quarter 2012 and 1% across the last 12 months, matching regular inflation. The index, measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tries to capture changes in living costs for retirees ...

MySuper to commoditise super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
MySuper will commoditise the superannuation industry, said Rice Warner Actuaries in their latest fee report that was commissioned by the Financial Services Council. "The initial emphasis of MySuper will be on costs rather than investment performance. ...

UK consumers won't pay for advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Fee for service will increase the UK's 'advice gap', said consultancy firm Deloitte after analysing the results of a consumer survey into whether consumers would be willing to pay up-front for advice. The research was based on a survey of more than ...

Heritage Bank launches online RSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Heritage Bank has launched an online-only Retirement Savings Account (RSA), known as Secure Super Account. Heritage Bank's Secure Super Account is protected by the Australian Government's deposit guarantee and will pay an interest rate that tracks 0.5 ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Glen Townsing has been appointed to the board of WA public sector super fund GESB as a member director. He replaces Derek Spray who recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has finally entered the superannuation fray and launched two low cost products in partnership with MAP Funds Management. CUA is Australia's largest mutual bank with $9bn in assets under management, almost one-fifth of the ...

First Super appoints MetLife

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
First Super has appointed MetLife Insurance Limited as its group insurance provider after a recent review of its insurance arrangements. Marc Lieberman, chief executive officer at MetLife, said, "We are committed to bringing long-term value to our relationship ...