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Account switching is too much trouble

In a parallel for consumer complaints about the difficulty in changing super funds, a new survey has shown that a majority of people think switching banks is too much of a hassle. Fifty-four per cent of the 2000 respondents to a Research International ...

Till losses do us part

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The ability of super funds to retain members and attract new ones will be put to the test after a new poll revealed one in five will switch funds if they see red in their next member statement. An online poll by management consultancy Gullone Group ...

Qantas Super switches to monthly MIC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
The $6.6 billion Qantas Superannuation fund is replacing its quarterly member investment choice (MIC) switching options to monthly. According to the corporate superannuation fund's latest newsletter, the trustee has approved the change, which was officially ...

Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Retail super fund providers are backing the introduction of a standardised super fund performance table, as proposed by the ISN, but on certain conditions. On Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday launched the first offerings from its new structured investments team, aimed squarely at trustees of self managed superannuation funds. Like a number of other financial institutions, CBA is hoping to take advantage of changes ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
WA-based $8.8 billion super fund GESB is next month scrapping its status as a public-servant only super fund and flicking the switch to become a mutual, complete with voting rights and direct member ownership. Starting 1 July, GESB members will have ...

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for reporting of superannuation returns to be standardised, in the same way as managed fund returns are currently reported, to provide investors with better transparency over their superannuation savings. Given ...

Bookmakers Super adds conservative option

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Bookmakers Superannuation Fund (BSF) has signed investment and superannuation advisory firm Joseph Palmer & Sons to offer a new conservative investment option, in response to this year's share market volatility. According to Malcolm Palmer, managing ...

Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
As investors get jittery about their portfolios after Opes Prime and Lift Capital's collapse, the inherent feature of investors retaining beneficial ownership of their shares has become a key selling point for separately managed accounts (SMAs), industry ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Super fund legalsuper has taken extra steps when reviewing its alternative assets portfolio to address concerns that members could risk losing their savings from mispricing of illiquid assets. The super fund now do monthly valuations of their alternative ...