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AustralianSuper names Fraser's replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
AustralianSuper has appointed Tim Poole to replace recently-retired Bernie Fraser as chair of the super funds investment committee. Poole has been a member of the super fund juggernaut's investment committee since 2007 and will drive AustralianSuper's ...

AMP targets lost super to attract members

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... super customers to speak to a financial planner about fees and loss of insurance that can occur when consolidating. "Australians on average have three superannuation accounts and it's estimated that this results in a loss of $1.1 billion a year in extra ...

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Opponents of elements of the Future of Financial Advice have come in for a drubbing from key figures in the financial services industry in the wake of intense lobbying of the independents by financial planners. Financial advisers were instructed by ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
One the myths of the internet age is that the web is for the young digitari while older Australians inhabit the analogue world. However, research contained in the 2011 Sensis Social Media Report reveals a fundamentally different picture. It found that ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... The economy will be right. A special report on Australia by The Economist magazine is even more flattering. "Many Australians do not seem to appreciate that they live in an unusually successful country."

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Specialist global credit investment managers Bentham Asset Management have won a major new mandate from AustralianSuper worth $350 million. The segregated global loan mandate, issued in the March quarter, will increase Bentham's funds under management ...

Online SMSF training centre opens for trustees, advisers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... minimum pension calculators, educational videos and podcasts. The move comes at a time when increasing numbers of Australians are pouring their wealth into superannuation and advisers are seeking to help them navigate the complex web of regulations surrounding ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Not a nice sight, isn't it? Even more ugly was the sight of the RBA - in its May Board meeting minutes - telling us, Australians all, that "higher interest rates were likely to be required at some point." Next we head up north to Japan. Here, we'll hear ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Time runs out today for superannuation funds to have their say on regulations governing the levy to raise $55 million in compensation for victims of the Trio Capital fraud. With the impost worked out as a percentage of funds under management and capped ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Deep problems in the superannuation system meant Australians may not have enough money to provide for their retirement despite half-million dollar balances, an industry expert said today. In his keynote speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference ...