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Divorcing super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Divorce battle over self-managed super fund assets and art ownership within SMSFs raises tricky questions over what happens when only one of the splitting couple is a fund trustee. Many Australian couples are often unaware of the effect divorce can ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Age is nothing but a number, even in super, with one researcher ambitiously setting up a new template to segment fund members beyond the usual Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomer divide. The 2010 Ultimate Superannuation Marketing Metrics study, conducted by ...

Club Plus Super offers planning, opens fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
As part of a broader strategy to strengthen its market position, industry super fund ClubPlus Super has launched a personal financial planning service and has opened its doors to the wider community by becoming a public offer fund. While there has been ...

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Marius Kloppers, chief executive officer of BHP Billiton, discussed at a key industry event yesterday the impending impact of a global carbon price being set and what effect this will have on companies such as BHP Billiton. "Economies like ours, with ...

INGIM hires two for wholesale market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia has appointed Natalie Grey, former state manager (NSW and ACT) for AMP Capital, as its northern region manager as part of its bigger push into the wholesale market. Based in Sydney, Grey will be responsible ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Tuesday as Wall Street extended its rally on company acquisitions and stronger than expected economic data from China. At 0758 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

RFM adds two to distribution team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Agricultural fund Rural Funds Management (RFM) has appointed a new national sales manager and business development officer. James Powell rejoins RFM after working previously with them as a business development manager from July 2006 through to July ...

Titanium challenges rating

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Camden-based fund manager Titanium Asset Management said S&P fund services' research on one of the group's funds contain "major inaccuracies", and has requested S&P to withdraw its 'sell' rating on it. S&P Fund services assigned a "sell" rating on the ...

Member engagement still strong: Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Member engagement with super is at a healthy level across a range of super activities - not just investment choice, a survey of Russell SuperSolution's 56,000 strong membership shows. Justine de Mestre, director of member services for Russell Investments ...

AIST research exposes flaws in asset-based fee model

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
There are significant weaknesses in the concept of asset-based fees as a means of remuneration for fund managers, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) in conjunction with actuary RiceWarner. The asset ...