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Quadrant gives away $1000 rollover prize

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Quadrant Superannuation is offering its members the chance to win $1000 if they roll over their super. In a newsletter emailed to members, the super fund gave its members the opportunity to win the cash until mid December. Members with more than one ...

What a member wants

Threats to superannuation discussed as mere theories only 18 months ago are now real - a turn of events that should encourage debate on whether super fund members should be treated as 'investors' or 'fund beneficiaries', said a governance expert. Scott ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Financial planners can update their clients on the performance of their portfolios in an easy to read format just in time for Christmas after Decimal launched a $5 special 'financial health check' offer until the end of December. The special offer allows ...

Mass modular advice to boost savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Super funds can help millions of working Australians boost their retirement savings through "mass advice", a new advice service that can be delivered in 15 to 40 minutes without falling foul of ASIC regulation. ASFA research released last year shows ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Skandia enhanced its platform to include online straight through processing (STP) group insurance, allowing advisers to easily and accurately provide the service without lots of paperwork. The system's STP tool allows advisers to track the status of ...

First State Super wins low cost race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Economies of scale, use of electronic fund transfers (EFTs) and use of email over paperwork all helped make $15 billion First State Super the 'lowest cost' public offer fund in Australia, based on the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report. The report ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Messaging platform giant SWIFT has inked a deal with some of the largest insurers and reinsurers in the world that will enable insurers, brokers and reinsurers move from paper-based admin processing to an automated format using a standardised industry ...

Korean fund administrator hires SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
A prominent Korean fund administrator has signed on SmartStream Technologies' TLM Corporate Actions to improve its client services. Shinhan Aitas, a Korean fund administrator that provides various outsourced services to fund managers, will use TLM to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The Australian market has received a mixed lead, with Wall Street up -- albeit just marginally -- while oil, gold and silver were down again. Major European bourses fell as OPEC decided to cut oil production in what was interpreted as an attempt to ...

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
A YouTube ad, an email blast and an annual report that morphs with the member's age were among the winning entries at this year's ASFA Communications Awards held in Sydney last night. This year's awards, which recognises the most innovative or effective ...