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Choice-of-fund members jump 81pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
An unprecedented number of Australians opted out of their 'default' super fund in the past 12 months, up 81 per cent compared to the previous year, showing more people are finally taking advantage of the radical "choice of super fund" legislation introduced ...

ESG assets made clear: JPMorgan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
Australian fund managers and super funds worried about the principles governing their investments can now siphon "unethical" assets via JPMorgan's ESG-friendly screen. Unveiled three months ago in Europe, JPMorgan has developed a post-trade environmental ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australians still have a gigantic $12 billion in lost super but a concerted effort by the government, regulators and wealth management industry is slowly reducing the amount of misplaced retirement savings. AUSfund for one has returned nearly $40 million ...

Defeat death taxes when merging accounts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Older Australians looking to merge their pension and super accounts be warned: your death taxes may be higher than you bargained for. Martin Murden, director of Partners Superannuation Services, said merging the two accounts can sometimes increase the ...

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Members Equity Bank is to be subjected to a strategic review of its direction by its four largest industry fund shareholders. Melbourne consultants LEK have been contracted by AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Host Plus in the wake of three new board ...

Thirst for planners soars 55pc

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Despite the robust predictions, the FPA is wary of the balance of the supply of planners versus consumer demand. "Australians are experiencing some very volatile economic times and the results clearly show that more and more consumers are acknowledging ...

IFSA launches insurance campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... members from the insurance industry have banded together to develop a new consumer brand designed to re-define the way Australians perceive insurance. IFSA unveiled the new campaign designed to address the nation's chronic underinsurance problem. Various ...

Remarried war vet widows get pension

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... pensions for remarried widows and widowers. Although MilitarySuper pensions were never ceased due to remarriage, some Australians in other schemes might have had their pensions ceased upon remarriage, said the fund. But the new laws, effective January ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... benefits, an issue she said, must be addressed. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data found more than 50,000 Australians are defined as same sex couples. ASFA estimates up to 160 people a year miss out on a super fund death benefit or are ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... institutional lenders, being the groups that buy the RMBS bonds that fund the mortgages that hundreds of thousands of Australians use to buy their homes, is so low that only $2 billion in RMBS bonds were bought in the first six months of this year compared ...