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Local Super selects Vision for back office admin

Local Super is starting a new trend when it handed its back-office administration services contract to another super fund. The fund announced that it has entered into a partnership with Victorian-based super fund Vision Super. Nic Szuster, chief executive ...

Simpler Better Super booklet hits mail boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... they are about to retire before thinking about their super. "Superannuation has traditionally been something that people worry about near the end of their working lives. It is my hope that younger Australians will start thinking about superannuation ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... two ailing hedge funds with steep losses on subprime mortgage bonds focused attention on troubles in the sector. Investors worry Bear's problems could presage a credit crunch. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 183.31 points, or 1.35 per cent ...

Symantec warns on tax time cybercrime

Leading protection software provider Symantec has urged consumers and businesses to be more vigilant around tax year end after the group's research found more sophisticated and heightened phishing attacks around 30 June. The term 'phishing' refers to ...

Bank branches finally start to sell wealth product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... more serious about diversifying their revenue streams these days. "When there were big interest margins you didn't have to worry about this stuff. Now the margins are tight and business of this type is more valuable to the organisation." The rise is ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... major mistake and a flaw in their plan. The bean counters just don't get that." Somerville said. But Pilots may not have to worry, with these new kids on the block they will surely just vote with their feet.

Centric to improve the health of doctors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... want to retire from their medical practice, and reap the rewards of many years of hard work. If doctors want a comfortable, worry free retirement - they have to plan for it," Cooke said. "The new superannuation rules have been a wake up call to many ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... massive reforms of last Budget which are still being digested. Tonight might therefore be someone else's turn. The real worry however is that if Santa has been listening to the advice of talk back radio callers this week, then we are in real trouble. ...

Gap between DB and DC pension payouts widens

A new study has found that members of defined contribution (DC) pension plans in the UK are likely to receive 42 per cent less than their counterparts with defined benefits (DB) schemes. The findings were from the annual Fidelity Retirement Index released ...

Perpetual shifts gears for accumulators

... geared, meaning the underlying fund managers do the borrowing, not the superannuation member. "The investors don't have to worry about cash flows [requirements]," said Cathy Duncan, Perpetual's head of client solutions. But Riedel stressed that the options ...