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Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Australia's managed funds are among the world's worst in terms of disclosure, a report has found, with financial advisers caught between client commitments and secretive funds. Managed funds in Australia and New Zealand do not have to publish portfolio ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Fund managers remain cautiously optimistic for global growth despite the dramatic fall in global share prices sparked by the threat of nuclear catastrophe in Japan. A huge market sell off occurred yesterday afternoon when another explosion hit a Fukishima ...

Three new faces on Cbus board

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has named three new board members who will replace the trio who retired in late 2010. Peter Smith of the National Electrical and Communications Association has joined the leadership team along with Rita Mallia and Frank ...

FuturePlus targets super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
FuturePlus Financial Services (FuturePlus) adds a fourth client to its administration services list, with plans to target small to medium funds. FuturePlus will provide superannuation administration services to Super Money Eligible Rollover Fund (SMERF) ...

SMSFs a blueprint for future super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
From Better Super to Stronger Super and now future super, the Gillard Government endorsed self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as a model for retirement savings in the years to come. Speaking last night at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
"There's a kind of hush (rush) all over the world tonight... So listen very carefully, closer now and you will see what I mean. It isn't a dream..." --Carpenters Just like Italy's Emperor (Silvio Berlusconi) was allegedly photographed with showgirls ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

PC recommends govt-backed aged care equity release

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A Productivity Commission draft report into aged care said there are a number of options to improve aged care funding including the establishment of aged care savings accounts, using superannuation benefits and encouraging the use of equity release ...

Former Hostplus marketing exec joins IFM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
The former executive manager of marketing at Hostplus, Umberto Mecchi, has joined Industry Funds Management as executive director, marketing. Mecchi will join IFM on 8 February next year. IFM's client services team will report to him. He will form part ...

OnePath launches OneCare on super platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
OnePath has launched its OneCare insurance product onto its Oasis Asset Management platform, providing both retail and traditional group insurance options in super. Oasis, a specialist wholesale administration wrap platform, launched OneCare insurance ...