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AIST hires trustee governance manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has appointed the former chief of Australian Lawyers Alliance, Eva Scheerlinck, to the newly-created role of trustee governance and professional standards manager. Scheerlinck will head up AIST's trustee ...

Fairview beats benchmark by a mile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
NabInvest-backed, small cap boutique, Fairview Equity Partners, celebrated its second anniversary by recording two-year gross performance before tax of 42.8 per cent per annum - an average 18 per cent outperformance over its benchmark for each year. ...

Court rejects Great Southern statement of claim

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
Great Southern investors face another roadblock after the Victorian Supreme Court decided not to allow Macpherson+Kelley to file its latest statement of claim in the class action against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. This decision follows an earlier decision ...

LUCRF simplifies insurance for more cover

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
LUCRF Super is encouraging its members to top up their insurance by simplifying the application process for more cover. LUCRF Super members aged between 15 and 69 can now complete a special insurance offer form and answer three simple questions to increase ...

Liquidnet taps Malaysian equities

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Liquidnet has expanded its trading operations to include listed securities in Malaysia. Liquidnet, which brings together asset managers and public companies on a single network that directly connects traders and portfolio managers, among others, started ...

HiPortfolio helps Suncorp adopt TOFA changes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
Suncorp Life now supports the new Taxation of Financial Arrangements (TOFA) through its administration platform, HiPortfolio. HiPortfolio is TOFA-ready, following its recent multi-million dollar project completed in conjunction with the DST GS Advanced ...

Asset Super awards mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Antin Infrastructure Partners, Schroders and Dimensional Fund Advisors are among the managers that have won mandates from the $1.5 billion Asset Super, following recommendations from the fund's consultant, Mercer. Asset Super made a $30 million commitment ...

Bite sized super at Telstra

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The $10 billion-plus Telstra Super launched a series of short and sharp informative web videos for members to get involved with their super. Telstra's 'Super Bites' videos run between two and four minutes each and feature members of the fund's education ...

Shorten to tighten tax agent rules for planners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... the regulation of financial planners who offer tax agent services, following the release of an options paper today. In a media statement, assistant treasurer and minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, said financial planners, including those who ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...