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Maximise returns, don't follow ideology: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello said the primary duty of super fund trustees is to maximise investment returns for members, not to impose ideological prohibitions on what they would prefer to invest their fund members' money in. "There is a place for people ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Increasing demand for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds ...

Market volatility, rising AUD hits super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
Volatile stock markets and the surging Australian dollar are taking their toll as super fund returns trim back to just over 10 per cent for the 12 months to end March. The size of the slowdown is significant - just one year ago funds were delivering ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation has scored a major goal with the introduction of an integrated financial literacy program for all school children from years three to nine, beginning in 2008. The program will embed financial literacy programs into ...

Capital First to pay broker commissions in 7 days

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Mortgage lender Capital First will be paying commissions within seven days for brokers distributing their non-prime loans. Capital First is a wholly owned subsidiary of global mortgage lender GMAC-RFC Australia. The move means brokers will receive upfront ...

Magellan next gen boutique

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
The launch of Magellan Financial Group (MFG) signals the dawn of the next generation of boutique financial services companies that are not just specialist manufacturers but integrated and sustainable businesses. MGF evolved in 2006 from the recapitalised ...

Trauma insurance to expand

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
The ageing population and changing morbidity patterns will promote greater need for trauma insurance rather than traditional TPD cover, and unless group insurers respond they will miss out on a big product development opportunity. "People are living ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Canadian and Australian pension funds have a lot in common as the good performance run of Canadian pension funds is continuing to be driven by both domestic and international equities. "Since hitting their low-point in March of 2003, [Canadian] pensions ...

Simpler super needs complex planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
Planners looking to help their clients make the most out of the Simpler Super reforms flowing from last year's Federal Budget had better get busy or they might miss the opportunities. Kate Anderson, head of technical services at Mariner Financial services ...

CHOICE rates reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
CHOICE has reviewed 23 reverse mortgages against a range of what it believes are "good practice" standards and found 10 to be satisfactory, 11 to be not good enough and two to be poor. The results are published in the latest CHOICE consumer magazine ...