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Alternative low-cost retirement funds on rise in US

... pay for retail distribution and their turnover rate of trading shares is kept to the minimum. US publication Wall Street Journal reported in an article early this year that the switch to these kind of funds can cut an employer's transaction costs by ...

TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
TOWER Australia Group has appointed two new independent directors, chairman Dr Keith Barton announced yesterday. Peter Lewinsky and Ralph Pliner have been appointed to the board of TOWER effective immediately. Dr Barton said the two new directors would ...

Compare the pair: Weaven vs Lambert

Journalist and moderator Bob Gottliebsen called it "the main event" of this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference and the attendees weren't disappointed as Industry Fund Services (IFS) chair, Garry Weaven, and Count Financial chair ...

JUST Super spices up its insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
Industry super fund JUST Super has just announced the roll-out of insurance upgrades for all members at no added cost. The insurance upgrades include improved death and TPD cover for those aged 16-40, an increase in the maximum level of cover to $2 ...

Former NSW Treasurer joins HOSTPLUS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
HOSTPLUS has announced that a former NSW Treasurer and Opposition Leader has been appointed to the board as an independent director. The Honourable Peter Collins AM QC joins the nine member HOSTPLUS board and brings to the organisation his diverse experience ...

Allianz builds performance from the Grassroots

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
Showcasing its capabilities last week, Allianz Global Investors Australia (Allianz GI) revealed one of its primary investment weapons - the Grassroots Research platform that uses journalists and researchers in the field to test whether a company is ...

US pension fund wealth bigger than individual wealth

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... the CMSF conference yesterday, William Greider, national affairs correspondent for the self proclaimed "progressive US journal" The Nation, and author of his own books on capitalism, said the shift of money meant pension and other funds could steer corporate ...

2006 market conditions will suit value investing: Tyndall

Tyndall, Standard and Poor's 2005 fund manager of the year, is warning that bonds would give few returns and equities may remain "overpriced" and these conditions will suit value managers. Bob Van Muster, head of equities, said as value managers Tyndall ...

Australia exports financial literacy

Australia's Financial Literacy Program has become an exporter with Korea eyeing the program to help curb out-of-control Korean credit card debts. Personal bankruptcy and overuse of credit cards has long been a social problem in Korea. But educators ...

STA exec to take on top role at JUST

Superannuation Trust of Australia (STA) national marketing and communications manager David Aitkin will take on the top job at JUST Super after being named as the latter's chief executive. Aitkin will start in the new role from December 6 and takes ...