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Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Two of the country's largest super funds, AustralianSuper and AMP, said a fully cohesive superannuation industry will never be achieved, as retail and not-for-profit super funds cannot completely set aside their differences to tackle the toughest issues ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
It's Veterans Day holiday in the United States - a day celebrating the signing of the Armistice that brought World War I to its formal end. And as the world celebrated the end of the first world war that happened nine decades and two years ago, the ...

ASIC sharpens focus on margin lending

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
More than two years after the Opes Prime and Tricom debacles hurt retail investors, ASIC has put the spotlight back on margin lending again. The regulator issued guidance yesterday, which it hopes will improve protections for retail clients through ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Damned if they didn't, damned now that they did! Wall Street is behaving just like any four-year old these days. A four-year old who gets a present, he eagerly opens it, eyes beam, plays with it for about... maybe a week, then discards and wants something ...

New fee model for contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Cuscal is hoping to make its mark in the super rollover and contributions market after rolling out its e-commerce offering, ClickSuper - offering employers a different approach to making super payments. Cuscal introduced ClickSuper two months ago, a ...

LUCRF launches community trust

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
LUCRF Super has made charity work a key priority following the establishment a community partnership trust. John Lenders MP, Victorian treasurer and minister for financial services officially launched the trust at an event that was attended by over ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Gearing used by self-managed super funds has doubled over the past two years, largely to fund purchases of property, a new study has found. And the debt binge looks set to continue with another 40 per cent of SMSFs ready to embrace gearing over the ...

Infocus awards advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
Financial planning network Infocus Money Management has acknowledged its top advisers at its annual conference and gala awards held 28 October. The awards, presented in front of delegates from Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia ...

EISS takes over FuturePlus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
Energy Industry Superannuation Scheme has taken over Local Government Super's stake in FuturePlus Financial Services. The $3 billion EISS acquired LGS' shares in FuturePlus for an undisclosed sum, leaving the admin and investment firm to focus its services ...

Ipac awards $1bn in fixed interest mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac has awarded a combined $1 billion-plus in fixed interest mandates to Morgan Stanley, Old Mutual Asset Management and Kapstream Capital. Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer of ipac, said the firm handed out around $800 million to Morgan ...