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Aon raises member fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
The $1.6 billion Aon Master Trust is increasing its annual member fees on 1 July. The new fees will be $66.50 per annum - a $3.50 hike from the previous $63. According to a statement in the master trust's latest newsletter to members, the increase is ...

Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Investment management fees may be on the chopping block following the upcoming Cooper review on super - but one fund manager cautions that reviewing fees is not enough, and equal attention should be paid to understanding the incentives behind high fees. ...

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
Australia's biggest superannuation and financial adviser industry bodies have thrown their support behind the Investment and Financial Services Association's super charter. IFSA members have agreed on a charter that entails a new approach to the payment ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Mercer, one of the country's largest asset consultants, is advising its institutional clients to allocate more funds with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The Australian share market rose in Thursday morning trade to reach fresh seven month highs, with the biggest gains in the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.2 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4,033.6, while the broader ...

SuperTrace wins Heron award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The SuperTrace Eligible Rollover Fund (SuperTrace) has received a five star quality rating from the Heron Partnership for the second consecutive year. Independent superannuation consultancy The Heron Partnership once again awarded SuperTrace, part of ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The insurance industry can help address underinsurance by moving faster towards simplified disclosure, with fees and commissions displayed prominently in Product Disclosure Statements (PDS). Financial Standard asked some of the country's leading insurers ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
'Don't fight the Fed!' 'The trend is your friend!' These market aphorisms are again coming back in fashion. Upward momentum in equity markets all around the world have been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...