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ACSRF boosts insurance for members

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
The Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund joins the growing number of super funds providing more insurance at little or no extra cost after it increased its death and TPD insurance cover for members from 8 to 28 per cent starting next month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overnight trading overseas, with Wall Street indices slightly higher, precious metals and copper lower, but oil finishing up. At 0815 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Mercer wins RBF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Tasmania's Retirement Benefit Fund has confirmed Mercer as its outsourcing partner for administration, member contact and communication. RBF chief executive Philip Mussared said Mercer will have operational responsibility for administration, member ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
"I've got chills, they're multiplying. And I'm losing control..." Grease. With European sovereign debt crisis still dangling over their heads like a "Damocles sword" - hey, isn't he Greek? - financial markets are again presented another source of worry. ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Super System Review chair Jeremy Cooper said market forces in super aren't enough to drive the best outcome for members, arguing that contrary to industry claims, fund fees have gone up, not down, in the past decade. In his speech at the Committee for ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Super US consumer to the rescue! Technical rebound. Oversold levels. Buying on dips. Call it whatever you want, the fact is that Wall Street rose from the ashes of a deep 3 per cent-plus slump last night to close ...

Simpler, faster, cheaper rollovers: IFF

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
The Industry Funds Forum has launched an electronic commerce hub aimed at revolutionising super rollovers. IFF unveiled a new electronic commerce hub that aims to cut down processing time, cost, and simplify the process of rollover transfers between ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." - Chumbawamba Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? You know what I'm talking about. Correct! Last week's financial market ups, downs, twists and turns. Five days of ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

China SWF signs resources JV in Canada

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is investing more than $800 million as part of a joint venture to assist in the production of resource assets in Canada. The China Investment Corporation (CIC) formed a joint venture with Penn West Energy Trust to ...