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Super funds team up to promote member education

REST, STA and Sunsuper, three of Australia's largest industry funds, have come together to launch an education campaign, dubbed Education Key, aimed at helping members of the funds make appropriate financial decisions. The three funds, which manage ...

ASIC warns of Christmas spending splurge

With Australians owing more than $27.9 billion on credit cards alone ASIC is warning consumers to manage their Christmas spending wisely. Given the average interest rate on a credit card is 16 per cent ASIC's executive director of consumer protection ...

Morningstar concentrates on Bernstein's outperformance

Morningstar has recommended an investment grade to Bernstein's strategy. While the fund's value strategy was launched successfully Morningstar has reservations with the concentrated nature of its outperformance. Its current outpeformance is restructured ...

New president for ICA

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has elevated Insurance Australia Group CEO Michael Hawker from deputy president to president for 2005. Hawker brings to the role four years experience as CEO of IAG. He replaces Promina Group managing director ...

Schroders maintains reputation

Schroders' Australian Equity Fund S Class has bounced back to positive returns over the last year outperforming the 200 Index's 20.71 per cent by 2.57 per cent. This marks a welcome return to form for the fund after poor performance during the 2002/03 ...

Over 17 years' gaol for Bo Long investment scheme operators

ASIC has announced the sentencing of Donna Ho to nine years' gaol with a non-parole period of three years after she pleaded guilty to nine charges of dishonestly using over $1.5 million of investors' money, and the sentencing of Mark Sweeney to eight-and-a-half ...

Reporting requirement relief for employer-sponsored super products

ASIC has eased the reporting requirements under the Corporation Act 2001 for certain employer-sponsored superannuation products relating to lodging 'in-use' notices to the regulatory body. Currently a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) or Supplementary ...

Socially Responsible Investing favoured by both retail and wholesale

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) continues to be accepted by both the retail and wholesale market with assets of SRI managed funds growing by 41 per cent. The Ethical Investment Association's recent SRI benchmark survey reported that private portfolios ...

Costello's Future Fund draws fire

The proposal by Federal Treasurer Peter Costello to establish a special fund to deal with the almost $90 billion hole in the Australian government's superannuation commitments lacks focus, asset consultant Ken Atchison said this week. The government's ...

Brokers urged to improve web services

Australian stockbroking companies need to improve their web sites and online services to attract the new generation of investors, a trading data a tools provider said this week. Bourse Data said its research showed small-to-medium sized companies, in ...