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Sunsuper appoints board member

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Sunsuper has appointed Ron Monaghan, Queensland president of the Australian Labor Party, to director of the company's board. Monaghan was elected general secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions in November last year. He remains a board director ...

SEQUAL calls for better RM literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Reverse mortgage peak body, SEQUAL, is calling for government support to educate retirees on the benefits of reverse mortgages after a survey revealed 60 per cent of retirees do not understand them. Retail Finance Intelligence (RFI) interviewed 1000 ...

Insurance that gives and gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Lakeside Consultants subsidiary Charity Life and Tower Australia have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy that enables the member to donate to charity at no extra cost. Launched in December last year, Charity Life provides a straight term ...

Macq expands Perth private wealth arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed five private wealth specialists to its Perth office. Ian Walters, Wilfred Ong, Graydon Hanly and Jon Matsen were appointed private client advisers in the stockbroking team. These appointees have more than 20 years ...

Right advice delivers $1.7m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... cent), and look forward to a comfortable retirement (62 per cent). Society as a whole will also receive a cut of the cake. Michael Rice, director of Rice Warner Actuaries who prepared the report for the FPA, suggests that almost everyone using advice ...

Manchester Unity moves to life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Manchester Unity and MetLife Insurance have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy, Simple Life, which includes up to $1 million in death and terminal illness cover. Designed exclusively for Manchester Unity members, Simple Life, includes ...

Navigator funds up 53pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Fund inflows into Aviva Australia's Navigator platform rose 53 per cent to $4.8 billion last year. According to Aviva's full year results, the Aviva Australia's total assets under administration represented more than $27 billion at the end of last year. ...

QSuper offers low cost option

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
QSuper has designed a low cost balanced option, Basic Growth, which boasts a low management expense ratio by focusing on passive investments. Basic Growth maintains a low management expense ratio (MER) of 0.32 per cent for 2007/08 due to passive investments ...

UniSuper chief Byrne move to ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... substantial contribution to the superannuation industry and more recently in corporate activism by not for profit funds," said Michael O'Sullivan, president of ACSI. "Ann joins ACSI as it is rapidly expanding its research, advocacy and engagement programmes ...

Praemium's SMSF market share soars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Praemium has become one of Australia's largest self managed super fund (SMSF) administrators after its funds under administration grew almost 50 per cent to $11 billion in twelve months. The firm has a three per cent market share in the SMSF space with ...