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Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Self-funded retirees will be hit hardest by the Federal Government's changes to super, according to Martin Murden, director of Partners Superannuation Services. According to Murden self-funded retirees are among a select few who don't hold out their ...

IFSA launches superannuation Charter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
A new Super Charter launched by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), akin to an investor bill of rights, looks set to redefine wealth management industry practices. The "historic charter [will] create a fairer and more competitive ...

FTSE launches enviro tech indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
FTSE Group has launched seven environmental technology indices. The indices provide exposure to the environmental technology firms that could play a major role as the world's economies shift to a low carbon economy. The indices include the FTSE Environmental ...

Super is a good idea but needs fixing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Superannuation is a good idea but the design of the system to implement it is regressive and flawed, argues Julian Disney, social justice law professor and long time researcher and campaigner on equity issues. Disney said the difficulty is that while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon, weighed down by the resources sector on the back of lower commodity prices in London on Friday night. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.4 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,056.8 ...

Tower wins Master Super contract

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The $554 million Master Super has appointed Tower Australia as its new insurer starting 1 July. Following a recent review, Tower was appointed the new insurer due to an overall reduction in the cost of insurance for members, said the fund in a member ...

Statewide chief to retire

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
Frances Magill, the long-standing chief executive of the $1.7 billion Statewide Superannuation Trust, will retire next month. Magill, who has been at the helm of the South Australian-based fund for 19 years, will officially leave Statewide on 1 July. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open little changed as the negative sentiment following falls in US stocks are offset by the positive sentiment generated by gains in the oil price. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share ...

BT and Shadforth extend Wrap deal

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
BT Financial Group has extended the firm's platform arrangement with Shadforth Financial Group for another three years, ahead of 12 separate financial planning firms joining the group in July. This announcement comes after a five-year arrangement with ...

Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
More than 350 Finsuper Division members, a division within AustralianSuper that caters for financial services workers, have taken up the fund's new insurance offer in the 10 days since it launched. The Finsuper Division was created to cater for financial ...