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Active members can cause asset allocation headache

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Financial literacy and a push for more Australians to be engaged with superannuation will have a profound effect on super fund asset allocations, said one industry body. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event, David ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was 45 points higher at 4447 on volume of 17,599 contracts. The four major banks were up. Commonwealth Bank shares were 18 cents higher at $47.71, and Westpac was up 34 cents at $24.59, while ...

Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Automatic underwriting, online transactions and website calculators are needed when it comes to risk insurance, but financial advisers won't use a provider if the contracts don't pay out when clients need it most. While the risk insurance industry is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was 60 points higher at 4357 on volume of 14,488 contracts. The four major banks were all up over two per cent. Commonwealth Bank shares were up $1.58 or 3.49 per cent at $46.90, and Westpac ...

Seton named fund executive of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... received a $20,000 education grant to study at an international recognised business school. "Michael has led AGEST through a major transformation from a small fund to a $3 billion fund with a sophisticated actively managed strategy," said Brian Delaney ...

State Street names new head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... services including custody, tax and analytical services. "Ian helped establish State Street in Australia and has been a major contributor to growing the business. [He] is ideally suited to bring these two complementary businesses and advance the interests ...

Liquidity problem in unlisted assets overstated: RWA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... Touchstone newsletter. This is why crediting rate performance reporting is suited to funds in this position, they noted. The major concerns surrounding unlisted valuations is instead that the increasing focus on short term returns is at odds with the ...

Funds resist SG "me too" pension scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
Majority of pension funds in the UK and Europe said that a contribution rate of 8 per cent on a proposed national pension scheme will not really help workers in the low to middle income groups, a new survey found. The Penrose Financial survey conducted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was seven points lower at 4303 on a volume of 17,590 contracts. The major banks were mixed after Commonwealth Bank of Australia posted a one per cent dip in annual profit, saying the outlook ...

State Super members hungry for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
More than two out of five members of the $29 billion State Super have sought financial planning advice in the last two years, the fund's membership survey shows. State Super, which had $29 billion in funds under management at the end of June according ...