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Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... not sure whether total disclosure would improve risk management. The Financial Review reported that ASIC had conducted a secret review of up to 30 super funds and found them lacking in disclosure. Funds in the US must disclose their entire portfolio ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The twisting and shouting we witnessed on Wall Street the previous day - with most other financial markets singing "joy to the world" - died down overnight. To be sure, the DJ's didn't turned off the music - they just changed the tune from hip hop ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... marketing materials ensuring they are not potentially misleading, ASIC said in a release. The corporate regulator has made no secret of the fact that it is now pursuing advisers, asset consultants, ratings houses and any organisation it considers to ...

Super fund director taken to court for fees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
An industry superannuation fund director and union boss is being taken to court for the board fees he earned, by another state secretary of his union. Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), lodged a statement of claim ...

AustralianSuper, Westscheme merger completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
AustralianSuper has hit $42 billion in funds and 1.8 million members after today officially merging with West Australian super fund, Westscheme, coinciding with its launch of an aviation division. Since announcing plans to merge in February this year ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... national shortfall of 230,000 dwellings this year, forecast to blow out to 334,100 by 2015. The Federal Government has made no secret of the fact that it wants superannuation funds to move into funding greenfields infrastructure. But funds whose first ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Brace yourself people! We might be in for another rough one this week. Gauging from the S&P 500's 1.2 per cent fall on Friday last week, hang on to your hat Australia. This was reportedly triggered by massive falls in the share price of UniCredit -- ...

ASIC warns of $15,000 EOFY countdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
The countdown to the end of financial year (EOFY) is on and a financial services regulator is warning the industry that it better have its ducks in a row in three weeks time or face hefty fines. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Former Keating adviser and current State Super Trustee chair Don Russell is heading back to Canberra to run a commonwealth government department. Russell is also chair of the LUCRF industry fund investment committee and was formerly BNY Mellon Asset ...

Thirst for financial literacy on view

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
More than 250,000 people have gone to the Government's MoneySmart financial literacy website since it was launched in March, showing a strong appetite among consumers for more information about their money, the Federal Government said today. It features ...