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Use SG to pay HECS and let funds borrow: ICAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has gotten on the front foot and already lodged its pre-budget submission with the Federal Government asking for some radical policy shifts that include allowing members to use their Superannuation ...

Qantas books ticket with Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
Qantas Super has asked Russell to step into the pilot seat and fly their benefit payments and call centre operations. The $6 billion Qantas Super fund with its 33,000 members and is one of Australia's most successful super funds with an average balance ...

Size pushes IXIS to close global credit fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
IXIS Asset Management is closing its Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund, just a year after launching the fund in Australia, after it broke through $750 million in assets. Karyn West, IXIS managing director, said the way the fund operates switching ...

Active extension moves into Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
Investors looking to boost alpha while still constraining risk are looking to active extension investing. Active extension investing is when a portfolio manager operates their fund according to a fixed ratio of long versus short investing and where ...

Multiple super accounts wasting billions in fees: CHOICE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
Consumers waste up to $2 billion per year in fees on unnecessary multiple accounts and it's time something was done about it, CHOICE said in watershed report released yesterday. The report by the peak consumer group CHOICE, The Super Secret: how multiple ...

Low cost to full service is possible

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... jump to full service client centre, Aussie has realised it's a really a solutions provider rather than just being a product. Alex Dunnin with

Consumers want more savings but have nothing to save

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A consumer survey sponsored by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found consumers generally support opt-out higher super contribution levels while a survey by max Super found half don't have any spare money anyway. The ASFA ...

Mulligan to lead PIS multi-manager business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
Kate Mulligan will lead a new funds management business unit at Professional Investment Services (PIS) focused on multi-management and packaging unique boutiques for the retail market. Mulligan, boasting a pedigree that includes leading Advance Asset ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
In debates about advice, regulation and meeting consumer needs, the toughest thing has been explaining to consumers what advisers actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary ...

Engineering expert joins AllianceBernstein resources team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
AllianceBernstein has appointed a new research analyst to the Bernstein Australian Value Equities team. Gates Moss joins the team from WorldStrides, a US based firm that is the world's largest student travel operator, where he was senior vice president ...