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Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

Tasplan signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $1.2 billion Tasplan has become the first Tasmanian superannuation fund to become a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "The Board recognise the importance of considering environmental, social and governance ...

EFT transfers made easy: Westscheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $2.4 billion Westscheme has improved its electronic fund transfer system to help employers make contribution payments easier. According to the latest Westscheme newsletter in June, employers can now access the EFT details they require - such as ...

E*TRADE tax tools free for all

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
E*TRADE's deal with Praemium to provide a free tax reporting service to retail investors is one step closer to being launched. The Tax Tools Standard Service provides a comprehensive report at the end of each financial year, detailing the investor's ...

Russell overhauls diversified funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
Russell Investments has revamped the firm's diversified funds, widening its investment ranges for equities and property as part of a move to a 'high conviction' investment approach. Andrew Pease, investment strategist at Russell Investments, said the ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The year's almost done, still all we have to show is none. Never mind the green shoots, never mind the sharp rally over the past three months. It's the dollar sign attached to each stock when the final bell rings today that will matter. Being the last ...

Plum wins mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
Plum Financial Services has won mandates to administer the super arrangements of the Victorian Organisation Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia). The deals will see Plum administer services to the two funds which have ...

Job freezes to thaw: Watson Wyatt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
More than 60 per cent of companies that froze all recruitment due to the global financial crisis are relaxing their hiring policies as more signs of economic recovery emerge. A new survey by Watson Wyatt show that 62 per cent of companies that put hiring ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Be scared...be very scared. Yes, the spooks were out again overnight, sending many investors out of Wall Street. Have the bulls been sucked in? Have the bulls become greater fools? While we were sleeping, the S&P 500 tumbled by 3.1 per cent, taking ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...