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Trustees call to scrap MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Two prominent superannuation industry experts have argued that MySuper should be axed, saying it will only worsen member complacency and completely fails to tackle the two major issues in super - engagement and adequacy. David Galbally QC, chairman ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... were no mandate changes following the asset class restructure. Meanwhile, the fund's accumulation plus and accumulation basic members have enjoyed a boost to their insurance cover. Maritime Super doubled the death insurance cover for its members, who ...

AUSCOAL signs up to innergi

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... super is just one part," said Bruce Watson, AUSCOAL Super chief executive officer, adding that members wanted more than just basic education but also individualised concepts and learning tools such as innergi's online modules, quizzes and competitions. ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... Sentinel usually seeks two-thirds of its returns through operating income, and a third through capital appreciation. "Our basic business is investing in core cashflow assets; we typically don't use much leverage in our portfolio," Streicker said. Industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by the financial and energy sectors, as a wave of by-orders pushed stocks up from a flat open. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 46.1 points, or 0.99 per cent, at 4,694.3, while ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Trust is fundamental to the advice relationship - but planners need to ask themselves why they rank so low on the ethics and honesty scale among Australians who don't seek advice, said the AFA. Jim Taggart, national president of the Association of Financial ...

Investors demand 'transactional' advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors are tapping advice-centric technology to cultivate a 'transactional' type of relationship with their financial planner as opposed to the conventional lifelong relationship approach. Matthew Harrington, principle ...

Real return to balance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... missing that ability to move across different asset classes," he said. The fund manager adds investors need to go back to the basic foundations of investing and asset allocation. "We haven't had a lot of focus addressing the root cause of the problem ...

Unions threaten strikes with BBC pension reforms looming

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Financial planners need greater education on term deposits according to research - but the chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) questions some of the research assumptions and said planners are already 'well trained' in the correct use of ...