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Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Equip has announced cuts to premiums for its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover and its salary continuance cover. Equip's chief executive officer Danielle Press said the reductions were the result of thorough examination of the fund's ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... once more. Remember that the IMF is one of my fave contrarian indicators for almost always, equity markets go up after it slashes global growth prediction. It might even be easier this time with Wall Street company earnings expectations so low and company ...

netwealth naked wrap slashes fees to 35bp

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
netwealth Investments has launched a next generation Wealth Accelerator naked wrap that slashes platform fees down to a low 35bps. The Wealth Accelerator wrap is the latest platform designed in response to the FOFA legislation and the push to fee transparency ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
We're doomed (again)! Oh-em-gee! "IMF slashes growth forecasts!" This was the last piece of news I saw before I went to bed last night and started snoring. Yeah, yeah I thought. Sure, sure. Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Colonial First State has launched an aggressive bid for market share by opening Australia's biggest wholesale investment platform to small investors, positioning itself for a future commission-free superannuation market. Colonial, a subsidiary of the ...

SWIFT slashes messaging cost

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
SWIFT, the provider of global financial messaging services, is planning to reduce its price of messaging on its core FIN service by an average of 20 percent next year. According to the company, the 20 per cent reduction is part of a targeted 50 percent ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

Super SA slashes mgmt and admin fees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Super SA has rebranded its allocated pension option to become the Super SA Income Stream and reduced its overall investment management and administration fees. Super SA announced the change yesterday on its website. The option still retains eight investment ...

Cavendish slashes SMSF starting fees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cavendish Superannuation has axed 30 per cent off the establishment fees of new self-managed super funds - easing the cost for financial advisers with clients looking to set up SMSFs. SMSF specialist Cavendish announced that establishment fees for all ...