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Lutheran Super enters pension market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
Corporate fund Lutheran Super has introduced a new account-based pension for its members. Lutheran Super, which had $248 million in assets under management at the end of March according to Rainmaker Information, now offers members an account based pension ...

Dixon and van Eyk stand-off

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... non-executive chair) and executive directors Cameron McCullagh and van Eyk chief executive Mark Thomas. "It is just not good corporate governance for the whole Board to comprise executives of a financial planning firm and for there to be no independent ...

MasterSuper opens doors to all

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
The $570 million corporate superannuation fund MasterSuper has gone public offer to grow its membership base. MasterSuper previously serviced employees of Elders group, although it is now open to employees' family, friends, partners, franchises, advisers ...

APRA launches data revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... annual ROR for the five years to December 2008 of 9.8 per cent. Next in line were industry funds with 9.3 per cent, corporate funds with 8.5 per cent, and retail funds with a five year ROR of just 6.6 per cent. The top funds for their five year ROR were ...

Clock ticking for UK defined benefit schemes

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... hard look at the risks they run through their pension schemes and saying 'enough is enough'," said Rash Bhabra, head of corporate consulting at Watson Wyatt. "When defined benefit schemes began to close to new entrants, existing members thought they ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... to $29.1 million on the back of funds under advice that dropped 12 per cent to $6.8 billion. On the upside, Perpetual Corporate Trust saw funds under administration grow 8 per cent to $241.4 billion over the same period. While it's been a tough year ...

S&P rates AMP bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Standard & Poor's has given a 'four star' rating to the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund. This rating means the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund and Corporate Bond fund A are both rated four stars. The fund provides corporate bond exposure to investors ...

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... apply from 1 January 2010 instead of 1 January 2011. Chris Bowen, Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, said that by bringing the timetable forward, consumers can be protected much earlier from any predatory and irresponsible ...

More info online for Rio Tinto

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... accessible through a separate link on the contributions page. The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund is one of the latest corporate funds to boost its tech to better service members. Last month, the $9 billion Telstra Super announced it was implementing ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... functionality, were Plum Superannuation, Mercer Super trust, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, REST and ING Corporate Super. In the industry funds sector, REST topped the list, followed by First State Super with Asset Super and Auswide ...