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Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...

MLC clarifies AXA adviser hunt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
MLC has confirmed that it is attempting to capitalise on uncertainty among advisers following the AMP/AXA merger by offering one off payments to lure new talent. In an email sent to its own rank of advisers, MLC's executive general manager, advice and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open marginally stronger on Tuesday, despite the absence of significant leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0640 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 14 points higher at 4,676. ...

BT Super dangles $20,000 carrot

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
BT Super for Life has upped the ante to attract new members by offering four cash prizes of up to $20,000 for switching to and contributing to a BT Super for Life account. Running from May 1 to August 15, the competition is available for entrants that ...

Diversified pension policy is best: OECD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
National pension policy is a balancing act between adequacy and sustainability, a balancing act that G20 countries are finding increasingly difficult to maintain, reveals a major OECD report. Restoring this balance is forcing countries to adopt policies ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

Planners risk trouble opposing FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Financial planners are shooting themselves in the foot by seeking to sink key elements of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the Industry Super Fund Network has said. Industry Super Fund Network chief executive David Whiteley said the financial ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Extended relief for compulsory pension fund draw-downs, encouragement for super funds to invest in infrastructure and a reiteration of the promise to increase the super guarantee to 12 per cent were functions of a budget that commentators labeled bland. ...

Voluntary top-up contribs not enough: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Incentives for super fund members to top-up their contributions have systematically failed, leaving the only viable solution for improving retirement income standards being an increase in compulsory contributions, said the Association of Super Funds ...

UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... see positives then, we'll take a particularly negative view," he said. Ngin said Lonsec has reservations on the fund's incentive structures. According to Morningstar, UBS had $402.9 million in funds under management in Australian small cap assets as ...