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PSS reduces premiums

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
The Public Sector Superannuation Scheme has reduced the premiums of its additional death and invalidity cover. According to a fund newsletter update, PSS which is part of the $15.7 billion Australian Reward Investment Alliance, said they introduced ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Investment professionals who lost their jobs last year can take some comfort in the fact that 14 per cent of Australian firms plan to take on more staff in the lead up to Christmas. Planners and fund managers who faced the axe this time last year due ...

Count: 13 times lucky

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Countplus has settled its thirteenth acquisition - purchasing a 25 per cent share in Canberra-based advice firm, Achieve Corporation. Achieve, founded by Simon Mitchell in 2003, is a specialist payroll and advice firm and employs 23 people. There are ...

More ATMs for SuperVantage users

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Vision Super-backed SuperVantage Account holders can now access their five free monthly ATM transactions across any rediATM or NAB machines throughout Australia. According to a media statement from the $4 billion Vision Super, the fund's partnership ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The European fund industry is failing the fees transparency test - while Australian fund managers are facing their own woes when it comes to unbundling fund costs, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the "Ideal Fund - Reengineering the ...

Not proud of Storm involvement: Norris

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
CBA chief executive Ralph Norris has acknowledged that the bank's involvement with Storm Financial was not something he was proud of - but hopes the processes put in place to help affected customers would ease some of their burden. Norris told an audience ...

AXA announces Value of Advice winners

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
AXA has recognised five practices across five states in its inaugural Value of Advice Awards. Planwell Financial Group, Rothgard Financial Partners, PSK Financial Services, Sage Financial Group and Minerds Bell Consultancy Group were recognised in the ...

BUSS(Q) seeks Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
The $1.5 billion BUSS(Q) is looking to award a $30 million Asia ex-Japan mandate, and has terminated investments with QIC, Dexion, Warakirri Asset Management and Morgan Stanley. The Building Unions Superannuation Scheme (Queensland), which had $1.46 ...

TWUSUPER rejigs investment mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The $2 billion TWUSUPER has cut its exposure to domestic listed property trusts to focus solely on international LPTs, and is considering allocating more funds to credit, infrastructure, emerging markets and hedge fund managers. Andrew Killen, chief ...

Super funds should own fund managers: Gray

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Superannuation funds should "own" the fund managers they award mandates to if funds wanted to slash agency costs and remove excessive choice, said industry veteran, Jack Gray. Gray, former co-head of asset allocation at GMO and current adjunct professor ...