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HESTA improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The $13 billion HESTA has improved its income protection and death covers - all without an increase to the premiums charged to members. Currently, members with HESTA's default insurance generally have two units of death cover and two units of income ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The financial services watchdog ASIC is calling on listed financial services companies to provide more disclosure on their 'going concern' assumptions, asset valuations and hedging arrangements when they file their 30 June 2009 financial reports. Following ...

ASFA to host Communications forum and awards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Next month, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is hosting a communications forum and awards ceremony recognising the industry's top communication professionals. The ASFA Communications Forum & Awards will be held on 30 July at The ...

Alaska fund appoints $310 debt mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The $40 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has appointed a $310 million distressed debt mandate to Oaktree Capital Management. According to a media statement, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation board of trustees has hired Oaktree to manage ...

One fund to fight lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Eligible rollover fund AUSfund is calling for the creation of a single ERF to combat lost super as "structural efficiencies" and high fees continue to hamper the system. AUSfund, which has HESTA, AustralianSuper, CBUS and HOST-PLUS among its clients ...

ESI Super appoints NAB as custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
The Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Fund (Queensland) has appointed National Australia Bank as custodian of its invested assets. According to a May newsletter to members, the ESI Super trustee had appointed NAB as its new custodian, and said ...

Health Super reviews mandate line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
The $7 billion industry fund Health Super is undergoing an extensive review of all its investment mandates - including sending members of its investment team overseas to appraise the fund's international fund managers. Chris Clausen, chief executive ...

Aussie John cracks insurance market

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
John Symond, the Aussie Home Loans founder who transformed the home loans market in the 1990s, has set his sights on shaking up another sector and this time, it's direct insurance. Symond, renowned for his Aussie brand of mortgage services, said he ...

Aussies cling to shares: ASX

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Australians are still strong believers in equities investments with 41 per cent of the country's' adult population owning direct or indirect shares, according to latest data from the ASX. The Australian Share Ownership Study by the Australian Securities ...

Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
"Get them before they get you" is the latest mantra behind risk management technology, and Progress is putting that at the heart of its Apama software to instigate faster and better risk management. Progress, which counts the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...