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Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Superannuation industry associations have welcomed the government's MySuper reforms but one industry body said more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Australian share market is expected begin the week with a slightly stronger opening on the back of a flat lead from Wall Street. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up seven points at 4,470. ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having ...

Addwealth seeks women advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
WA-based financial planning firm Addwealth is looking to hire women advisers in each state across Australia as the group's female client base grows. Bronwen Parsons, general manager of Addwealth, said the firm is looking to fill a gap in the market ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, does not expect the world economy to experience a double dip recession but is positioning investment portfolios for lower global growth. Taylor said the chance of a global double dip ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Don't bet your house on new home sales... at least, not yet! Wall Street is all a-flutter with welcomed news about the reported 23.6 per cent increase in new home sales to an annualised 330,000 units in June from the previous month. And what was last ...

ASFA Awards recognise top comms strategies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
This year super funds created some of the best and brightest communication strategies to come out of the industry in recent years, with the aim of reaching out to members without the super mumbo-jumbo. More than 150 attendees, mostly senior marketing ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Business groups are still resisting the increase in the Superannuation Guarantee levy, with 19 groups signing a declaration that they remain opposed to the increase despite the government's mining tax deal. The declaration was signed last week in Adelaide ...

Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Perennial Investment Partners' international equities division has invested in oil and gas drilling equipment companies ahead of a predicted worldwide oil rig upgrade following the BP disaster. Clay Carter, head of international equities at Perennial ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Three Ohio pension funds have won a $840 million settlement from AIG after the insurer agreed to settle claims of accounting violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney ...