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Superpartners hires SAP, CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Superpartners has announced that SAP and CSC will provide it with a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. The ERP package is part of the recently announced $70 million investment in new systems, processes and operational improvements. Superpartners ...

Clients duck for income cover

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Australians are taking out income protection in droves as uncertainty from the economic slowdown hits home. Professional Investment Services managing director Grahame Evans said figures from the latest Risk Distribution Monitor Survey showed the level ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... Financial Advisers has criticised the small sample size of a recent Rice Warner Actuaries report that highlighted Australians risk paying 13 times more for commission-based advice versus fee-for-service. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the association ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... paid by low to middle income earners. "Some or all this [contributions] tax could be rebated to low-to-middle-income Australians via an additional government non concessional contribution to the member's superannuation account," they said in their submission. ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Super funds are holding firm on their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken ...

CSRF supports Catholic Schools Week

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... schools. According to the fund, Catholic Schools Week is reflective of the broader objective for CSRF of helping young Australians achieve "the best possible future". "We have an important role to play in helping our members and the wider community make ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... become prominent in our domestic dailies because of these almost daily negative snippets, slowly but surely talking Australians down into a depressed state. Actions (inaction?) are better than words. Nobody, it seems, heeded RBA Governor Glenn Stevens ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Association (NIBA) has called for the New South Wales and Victorian government to review insurance premium taxes so more Australians can afford basic insurance like home and contents cover. NIBA's announcement came following estimates by insurers that ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Australians who pay advisers by commission risk overpaying for services 13 times too much, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries. Financial advisers who received commissions could earn up to 13 times more than those who were remunerated ...

Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The $2.4 billion industry fund Westscheme is bucking the trend of super funds going overweight in cash and is rebalancing its portfolio weekly across all asset classes. According to Howard Rosario, chief executive of the West Australian-based fund ...