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FOFA implementation time vital: ASFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
ASFA is calling for a 12 month "transition period" from the proposed FOFA start date next winter to give the industry time to properly implement the changes. In its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), the Association of Superannuation ...

Count chief replaced by CBA exec

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Count Financial chief Andrew Gale has stood down from the wealth management firm and been replaced by Commonwealth Bank senior executive David Lane. It's after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave CBA's takeover of Count the ...

HOSTPLUS, CareSuper take top gongs at AIST awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Cooking competitions and Olympians were the winning formulas for HOSTPLUS and CareSuper with the two super funds winning the top awards at the annual AIST 2011 Awards for Excellence. The awards, attended by around 200 industry members, recognised diversity ...

Count gives CBA 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Count Financial shareholders have overwhelmingly embraced the takeover offer from CBA, the vote passing with almost 100% support on November 25 said chief executive Barry Lambert. Announced in Count Financial's Annual General Meeting this morning, Lambert ...

SSgA: Minimise volatilty to protect vulnerable investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
State Street Global Advisers is urging super and multi-manager funds to consider minimising volatility strategies in their domestic equity portfolios, as events on the world stage continue to spook equity markets. "While equities are likely to present ...

Industry hits out at Best Interest

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
The Financial Services Council has slammed the government's Best Interest Duty proposal as being "unworkable", warning that in its current form, would give rise to "significant unintended consequences". The contentious proposal, which was tabled in ...

Maritime Super launches fixed term pension product

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
Maritime Super will launch a fixed term pension product from December 1 as part of its complete member strategy. The third product within Maritime Super's retirement suite, the fund said it wanted to address the needs of its pension members in longevity ...

DST Global Solutions launches HiPortfolio upgrade

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
Software and technology provider DST Global Solutions has upgraded its investment accounting and asset servicing solution HiPortfolioA(R) 3v10. DST said the enhanced version is the latest in a regular cycle of functional and technical enrichment, based ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
My mother once - yes, only once - told me that if you go out looking for trouble, you're gonna find one. That's exactly what happened in the financial markets while we were sleeping. Not content with the troubles plaguing Europa, investors looked to ...