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Equipsuper launches 'clever' insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The $4.4 billion fund Equipsuper has made a raft of alterations to its standard corporate accumulation plan, EquipExpress, branding this change 'Clever Cover'. The fund has renegotiated the pricing and the terms of its policy with Hannover and will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar is over half a US cent higher on news that the Group of Seven major industrialised countries have agreed to support Japan's economy. The US dollar also surged against the yen on news that the G7 had agreed on joint intervention ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is trading at six-and-a-half month lows at noon, with investor confidence low due to instability in world markets and the effects of the crisis in Japan. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 6.7 points lower at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon as market jitters over the devastation in Japan escalate with news of another explosion at a nuclear power plant. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.65 US cents, down from Monday's ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Plum Super records $4.4 billion in new funds under administration as it continues to sign corporate industry clients ahead of the 30 June deadline for tax consolidation and transfers. Plum have signed up seven new large mandates in the last two years ...

Perennial tactical move pays off

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Less than two years since launch, the Perennial Tactical Income Trust has raised almost $100 million, appealing to financial advisers drawn to the fund's approach to fixed interest. Since the fund's inception in June 2009, it has returned about 11 per ...

FPA to reset membership criteria

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association is seeking to restrict its membership with constituents to vote on the proposals in April. After June this year only practicing financial planners will be able to join the association as members with practice owners ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Jeremy Cooper, the newly appointed chair of Challenger Retirement Income, spoke at an adviser roadshow about the threats of longevity, inflation and market risks on retirement savings, raising concerns that most portfolios are too equities-focused in ...

Gap widens for women's super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The average superannuation gap between women and men widened in the six months to June according to latest figures from AMP, analysed by Access Economics. Average fund balances for men rose from $43,840 to $54,061, an increase of 23.3 per cent for the ...

Strong returns boost super balances: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Good fund returns plus a strong economy have helped superannuation balances to recover from the financial crisis, exceeding their 2007 levels for the first time according to the latest data released by AMP today. Average balances increased by 11.4 per ...