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First State Super launches retirement products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
First State Super has launched two retirement products, one for members transitioning to retirement and one for members who have fully retired. Michael Dwyer, First State Super chief executive, said, "An enormous number of people are saying at retirement ...

Borat movie and bank credit demand push Kazakhstan centre stage

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
It's not just "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" stirring interest in Kazakhstan as the country is also experiencing rapid credit growth. But in a special report, Kazakhstani Banking System and Prudential ...

Super fund fees are dropping: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A research report just released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirms that super fund fees, especially contribution fees, are dropping. The report, Monitoring Superannuation Fees and Costs October 2005 to June 2006 ...

At long last some logic on FSR streamlining

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
The Government has proposed reforms to FSR that may at long last restore some balance to the more extreme rules that have plagued financial planners and locked some consumers out of getting advice. Chris Pearce, parliamentary secretary to the Treasurer ...

Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
Poor fund design will cost superannuation funds millions of dollars unless they start to upgrade their outdated or inadequate investment reporting systems. The latest fund to be impacted is the $6.3 billion GESB public sector super fund in WA, according ...

ASIC shadow shop draws zero consumer complaints

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The way this year's adviser shadow shop survey was played up around the media and by critics of financial advisers implied massive structural problems with the advice industry, so why then has it drawn zero consumer complaints? Responding to the fall-out ...

Netwealth expands into SMSF servicing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The netwealth group, already one of the most flexible platform groups in the market, has added yet more features with the acquisition of a Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) administration business. Michael Heine, managing director of netwealth ...

Modern kids are consumer savvy: CommBank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
Just when we thought we'd seen the last of those financial literacy surveys, a new study of secondary school students has found half don't understand the word 'debit' while only one-quarter know what the word 'credit' means. But the surprising result ...

SMSFs are about control not speculation: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
A new survey has found half of all self managed super fund members are aged 55 or younger who want control over their money rather than higher risk. The survey, conducted by research firm Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association ...

US slowdown won't hurt China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
Fitch Ratings is optimistic China's economic growth will be unaffected by slowing US growth. James McCormack, head of Asia sovereigns at Fitch ratings, told the Global Structured Finance Conference 2006 Asia, being held in Beijing this week, that a ...