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Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
APRA, ASIC and the RBA have released a report that identifies where major fund managers and super funds can improve in terms of how they manage OTC derivatives in the wake of the credit crisis. This month the regulators and the RBA released the findings ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
The $1.2 billion Professional Associations Superannuation Limited industry fund has its eyes set on boosting its exposure to alternative investments. Paul Kessell, investment manager for PASL which oversees the combined investment strategies of AESuper ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
More people are hopping online to get insurance, a new survey shows. A new Allianz survey of 325 of its clients noted that over 80 per cent of its clients did not want to see a financial planner to take out life insurance. The main reasons for choosing ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
No more Libor pains. The trillions of dollars flooding the financial system have already bought optimism for an eventual economic recovery - now it is also buying trust. Trust among banks, that is. Yesterday, I talked about the Libor/OIS spread - a ...

Great Southern falls into administration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Agribusiness fund manager Great Southern has appointed administrators after its banks withdrew support for its ongoing restructuring program. The directors of Great Southern Limited and Great Southern Managers Australia Limited have appointed Martin ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Suncorp Wealth Management has overhauled its communication strategy to help members better understand super, starting with a new communications guide for internal staff and a new look and feel to at least 100 types of letters it sends to members each ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
One for the bears. The pendulum has swung in favour of the 'dead cat bounce' camp as Wall Street clocked its third consecutive day of losses. The S&P 500 fell by 2.7 per cent overnight, taking its total losses over the past three trading sessions to ...

TAAM strategy scores mandate boost

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Local and international institutional investors continue to back the $1.3 billion Treasury Asia Asset Management's investment strategies with mandate top-ups since June last year. TAAM chief investment officer Peter Sartori said institutional investors ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Generally positive reactions by wealth managers to the second Rudd-Swan federal budget indicate the industry increasingly knows its place in the political landscape. Driving the mooted reaction is how kind the Treasurer Wayne Swan was to the superannuation ...