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One in five ignore super accounts

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Nearly 20 per cent of Australians have no idea how many super funds they currently have, new research from REST Super shows. A new online snap poll of more than 600 REST Superannuation members has found that an alarming one in five have no clue how ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... What's Bloomberg's point? Is it trying to chop down the globe's tall poppy that is Australia? Is it trying to scare us, Australians, that soon we won't be able to afford overseas holidays? Bu whatever Bloomberg's reasons, the fluctuating Australian dollar ...

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... production will still be with us long after a global price for carbon is finally in place." Kloppers recognised that both Australians and BHP Billiton are concerned about the long lasting effects of climate change, and that something needs to be done ...

Intra-fund advice takes off

ISN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... of advice to their members, ISN said in a statement. Projections estimate that within 15 years, nearly one million Australians could be accessing simple financial advice from their super fund every year. David Whiteley, chief executive of ISN described ...

AIA not for sale

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... to offer best in class solutions for our clients by developing leading life risk solutions for the benefit of all Australians," he said in the statement. Tucker said the Australian business has his full support. "I firmly believe they will realise their ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... for superannuation and we look forward to working with him to advance the interests of the hundreds of thousands of Australians who choose to manage their own superannuation," said Andrea Slattery, chief executive of SPAA. There is speculation that if ...

Aussies fear super balances

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
More Australians don't know how much they have in their super today than a year ago, research shows. The second annual Suncorp Life Attitudes to Superannuation in Australia Survey assessed consumers' concerns about having enough money to retire on and ...

Super SA, GESB and Telstra Super join top 300

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Fifteen of the world's top 300 pension and sovereign wealth funds are domiciled in Australia, according to a new report. That represents an increase of three on last year, with Super SA, GESB, and Telstra Super joining the global elite. The Future Fund ...

The future of super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... will transform beyond the intra-fund advice world," he said. Cooper sees the advice industry maturing and allowing Australians approaching retirement in particular to get "bespoke advice". Coupled with improved technology and scale, Australians will ...

UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... Commonwealth Games in 2014 and a range of other major sporting will no doubt provide a good set of business opportunities for Australians." UKTI have established teams in Sydney and Melbourne that assist Australian businesses or individuals who wish ...