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VicSuper and FSS win AIST scholarships

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Peter Lunt, executive manager investments at VicSuper and Cristina Cifuentes, trustee director of First State Super, have been named the winners of the 2009 AIST Educational Scholarships. The scholarships - valued at $10,000 each and sponsored by Tyndall ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
"The recovery has started." This is the world according to IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard. Or read another way, the global recession is over. My immediate reaction on reading this was a deep sigh. No, not a sigh of relief. But a sigh of disappointment. ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Three KPMG partners have been banned as registered auditors for periods ranging from nine to 24 months following ASIC's crackdown on their roles in the Westpoint collapse. ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings (EUs) from three partners of KPMG's ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia is calling for the introduction of a 'personal stress test' that would measure the impact of adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll ...

Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Automatic underwriting, online transactions and website calculators are needed when it comes to risk insurance, but financial advisers won't use a provider if the contracts don't pay out when clients need it most. While the risk insurance industry is ...

AXA ramps up million-dollar insurance strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
AXA Australia's multi-million dollar investment in its financial protection business appears to be paying off with new business rising 23 per cent to $58 million and the firm now ranked in the top four across product, new business and underwriting categories. ...

ISN to APRA: get on with it

APRA should get on with publishing its 'whole of fund' returns league tables, said the Industry Super Network (ISN). The league tables are needed because there is insufficient independent information available for consumers to help them choose super ...

Rio Tinto fund tightens buy/sell spread

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund has decreased the buy/sell spreads to all of its investment options by 20 per cent, following an annual review. The Rio Tinto fund, which had $2.3 billion at the end of June last year according to Rainmaker Information ...

YMCA fund introduces fixed interest

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The Australian YMCA Superannuation Fund has unveiled a new fixed income strategy for members, after having only a growth strategy as its default option. A newsletter from the fund noted that the fund started offering a second strategy, "Fixed Interest" ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Watch the screens today! For at exactly 1130 hours (AEST), the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release a tally of how many of us were able to keep our jobs last month, how many were still looking for work and how many started submitting forms to ...