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UniSuper names NAB custodian

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... a highly competitive price," said St. John. St. John said the long-standing partnership had helped the fund make improvements in unit pricing, transition management and compliance mandate monitoring among others. "We'll continue to monitor and challenge ...

Planners champion risk advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... develop the insurance side of their business," said Johnston. "We find that planners are calling for a wide range of improvements from insurers, planning and risk software providers, and even investment platforms to help them service their clients' risk ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... funds," he said. As for those who are not in default funds and exercise choice, the industry can still make cost improvements. "Where you have choice and competition, you want to have real competition, where consumers put a downward pressure on price ...

IFSA backs govt tax proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... customer annually in a legacy product. IFSA subsequently made a submission to the government that year calling for more improvements. "Various legal and tax impediments can make product rationalisation a lengthy, complex, risky and expensive process. ...

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... super funds lost the equivalent of ten years worth of fees due to bad investment performance. No amount of marginal improvements in administration is going to make up this shortfall." "Instead, the focus should be on what investment strategy these boards ...

Santa Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... The plan is expected to cost another US$500 billion - US$700 billion. This is clever spending because construction/improvements in ports, roads, bridges and buildings require a big workforce and take a long time to finish. Ergo, more jobs for more people ...

HOST-PLUS drops five-day rule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Superpartners technology refresh there's going to be a whole series of technological enhancements and back office improvements that will allow us, on a cost effective basis, to provide more frequent switching for our members," said Elia. Superpartners ...

AXA ramps up group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... benefit from a raft of enhancements across definitions, cover limits and technological capabilities. As a result of the improvements, AXA's maternity and paternity leave cover was improved to provide employees with pre maternity leave cover on a pro-rata ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... chief investment officer, David St.John. "By voting in Asia UniSuper has the potential to contribute to, and drive, improvements in the region's corporate governance standards. Not only is this expected to enhance the long-term risk/return performance ...

ASX firms more carbon clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... done. "The challenge now for corporate Australia is to eliminate these costs through innovative design and process improvements," he said. VicSuper, with the Environment Protection Authority Victoria, use Trucost to analyse carbon disclosure in ASX listed ...