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Ready, steady, communicate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Members don't care about super until close to retirement - myth or fact? According to ESI Super, it is a myth as increasingly financially literate members look to their super funds as "partners" before, during, and after retirement. The $2.8 billion ...

Av Super chair wins 2010 Trustee of the Year Award

AIST RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has awarded Av Super's outgoing chair David Leggo as this year's Trustee of the Year. Leggo thanked his team, including the three chief executives he had worked with during his decades of work in the ...

Risk commission debate heats up

RUTH LIEW AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
The FPA's stance that commissions on risk products should remain has revived the debate on insurance fees and prompted two other industry bodies to have their say. The Financial Planning Association yesterday called for commission payments for risk ...

SA adviser banned for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
ASIC has banned South Australian planner Steven Edward Fleetwood from providing financial services for five years, after giving out trading and advice services without having an Australian Financial Services Licence. The banning of Fleetwood follows ...

Commission on risk products should continue: FPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for commission payments for risk products to continue, citing fee-for-advice payments on risk products could make life insurance too expensive for clients. According to a press statement, the FPA Board ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has published its first annual review, which shows its investment strategy and governance practices, to comply with the Santiago Principles and improve transparency. ADIA was established in 1976 and invests ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received flat to positive leads from overseas markets overnight, with Wall Street edging into positive territory in late afternoon trade, and precious and base metals higher, although oil was marginally virtually flat. At 0825 ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Bandidos, a former J.P.Morgan employee and a multi-million dollar swindle of the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme - one man has so far pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in a $150 million bank fraud case. According to reports from the Sydney ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Guess what? It's the bull market's first anniversary today! Hip..hip... Hooray Virgina! You and I have kept up the faith despite being battered by waves of doubters in an ocean of despair. It was exactly one year ago (9 March 2009) when Wall Street ...