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Super funds drop fees after merger

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Superannuation funds Cuesuper and NGS Super reduced their fees in what is believed to be the first time a merger has resulted in lower costs for members. Tom Taylor, chairman of Cuesuper, speaking at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds 2011 in ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney ...

Aspen wins Telstra Super deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Telstra Super has made a debt and equity investment in a joint venture property deal with Aspen Group for the development of the Australian Tax Office building in Adelaide. Telstra paid $34 million for a 50% interest in the development with Aspen holding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian dollar gained slightly after it emerged that France and Germany may have reached agreement over how to resolve the Greek debt crisis, ahead of a crucial 17-country summit. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at ...

Earnings up but jobs cut at State Street

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Institutional financial services firm State Street today announced a second quarter increase in earnings but that was not enough to save jobs with a further 850 positions to be cut. The global job cuts come as part of an "IT Transformation" program ...

PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
PIMCO's Australian bond fund has outperformed Australian shares over the past ten years and actively managed income funds are being tipped to add more value still. Lonsec's 2011 income funds sector review found that the shift towards index funds and ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
So now equity investors have finally taken notice of earnings. "Wall Street up on profits, Apple surges late," beamed Reuters' headline. Oh yes, Virginia, Wall Street was not only up - it was up big time. Both the Dow and the S&P500 gained 1.6% overnight ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Let's talk about debt baby. D-E-B-T the four letters that's currently giving political leaders massive headaches, financial markets their jitters and gold its shine. With only two weeks to go before the debt ceiling blows up and bites their collective ...

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 ...

AMP scales advice for affordability

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
AMP has announced a new scalable advice model aimed at creating an affordable product to attract investors who would normally bypass advisers. The My Money Choices model was developed in consultation with financial planners, customers and the Australian ...