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LUCRF simplifies insurance for more cover

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
LUCRF Super is encouraging its members to top up their insurance by simplifying the application process for more cover. LUCRF Super members aged between 15 and 69 can now complete a special insurance offer form and answer three simple questions to increase ...

VicSuper wins sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
VicSuper has received the Best Sustainability Report 2010 for the second consecutive year. The super fund, of which only a small number submit a sustainability report, showed good integration of sustainability into the organisation's business practices ...

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Why bring a rocket launcher to a fight when a BB gun would suffice. This must be what European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet last night when he announced only "small" measures to battle ongoing financial market tension in the Eurozone. ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The $5.7 billion MTAA Super Fund is closing its Target Return Option to new money, as part of the fund's plan to align its liquidity policy with best practice guidelines and proposed APRA reforms. MTAA Super said that it will no longer accept members' ...

Bite sized super at Telstra

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The $10 billion-plus Telstra Super launched a series of short and sharp informative web videos for members to get involved with their super. Telstra's 'Super Bites' videos run between two and four minutes each and feature members of the fund's education ...

VicSuper restructures asset allocation

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The $7.7 billion VicSuper has reallocated 5 per cent of its property portfolio to fixed interest, reduced its private equity holdings, and aimed to hedge 65 per cent of its international equities portfolio as part of its investments update in the last ...

A QEasy road ahead for investors

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The US Federal Reserve's recent decision to employ a second round Quantitative Easing could be the catalyst for another downturn in markets, according to a leading strategist. Matthew Sherwood, Perpetual's head of investment markets research, told Financial ...

New investment consultant for MilitarySuper

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Towers Watson has been appointed as the principal investment consultant for the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme ('MilitarySuper'). "We welcome Towers Watson as a new service provider to MilitarySuper and look forward to their contribution ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The hung parliament is all that stands in the way of controversial "opt in" requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant ...

FPA launches new strategy, brand

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Financial Planning Association has unveiled a new strategy and brand at the FPA National Conference on the Gold Coast this morning as part of a broader effort to restore consumer trust post-GFC. As part of the strategy, the FPA has proposed a number ...