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Future still belongs to super

Despite record low returns and plummeting consumer confidence in super, the sector is still on track to grow into a multi-trillion dollar savings pool, just at a slower rate than previously estimated. Key research groups have released projections for ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
With billions of dollars in GFC stimulus money about to pour into infrastructure projects around the world, knowing how to find the best investment opportunities is crucial. Matt Dell, head of retail distribution for global listed infrastructure manager ...

ASSET Super launches TTR calculator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
A new interactive web-based calculator has been released by Asset Super to help people considering a transition to retirement strategy in the lead up to full retirement. Asset Super is working with Rice Warner Actuaries to design a new Transition to ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... publicly state that super funds and financial services professionals value and will pay for ESG-inclusive research. The project will also include ESG as a separate category within "panel" structures whereby brokers are assessed and paid, while seeking ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... into account the impact of ESG issues on investments. According to Robert Fowler, chief investment officer of HESTA, the project mirror's a similar international program called Enhanced Analytics Initiative. Like its global counterpart, ESG RA will solicit ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... on their needs and budgets. However unveiling the new product was not an easy feat and the fund has been working on the project for just under two years. The fund's insurer AIG along with CHR Consulting and administrator AAS joined forces with REST to ...

Santa Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
'Tis the season to be jolly. Christmas has arrived early for equity investors. Or has it? Stock markets around the world rallied between 5 and 8 per cent yesterday and overnight, punctuated by the Dow's peeping above the 9,000 mark in intra-day trade ...

Masu settles Westpoint case

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Masu Financial Management has settled a class action brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) for 85 investors sold Westpoint Group financial products. The Federal Court of Australia settled the two remaining complaints ...

UBS and Præmium talks fail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... impact its financial position because it has no debt and its business continues to grow. "Whilst it's disappointing the project is not proceeding, I'm very positive about the benefits to V-Wrap of the development and enhancements that have been escalated ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... By next year, a central platform for electronic data transmission will be launched and then piloted for 12 months. The project partners include SWIFT, the global insurance standards organisation ACORD and the reinsurance companies Swiss Re, Munich Re ...