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Australians clueless on super

The raft of education campaigns around superannuation are yet to make their impact on consumers after a new study found that 60 per cent of Australians don't know how much fees they pay on their super while 16 per cent couldn't name their own super ...

Super funds to back new home equity mortgage group

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Superannuation funds are set to get behind a new home equity mortgage group, headed up by the former chief executive officer of Rothschild Asset Management, that will bring shared appreciation style mortgages to Australia. Peter Martin together with ...

INGIM adds to private equity team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has added to its private equity team with the appointment of Richard Hughes. Hughes leaves his former role in Auckland with private equity group Direct Capital to join the INGIM private equity team in Sydney. Director ...

Banks to fund consumer IT security: Symantec

Banks may have to pay for the IT systems of their clients if they want to avert the trend where consumers are refusing to transact online due to rampant IT identity theft and sophisticated internet scams. David Sykes, vice-president of Symantec's Pacific ...

Hatfield opts out of Packer's new Pengana

Only weeks after a Packer led consortium announced it was taking over Malcolm Turnbull's struggling Pengana Hedge Funds, its former principal, Damien Hatfield, together with its chief executive officer, Russell Pillemer, have sold out of the business. ...

Preferred partner menus don't compromise quality: Asgard

Asgard Wealth Solutions' chief executive, Geoff Lloyd, has dismissed concerns that the group's proposed preferred partner program compromises the quality of their investment menus. Last week the group said it asked 20 fund managers, shortlisted after ...

Zurich head of planning switches hats

Zurich Financial Services has appointed its former head of planning as the new head of risk management and compliance. Geoff Copp was previously Zurich Australia's head of planning and business practices in general insurance. He has spent 19 years at ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 17 points to 5038 at 0734 AEST. Today, MBF Australia will release annual ...

Absolutely, positively Naos

Absolute return fund manager, Naos Asset Management, plans to differentiate itself from the rest of the boutique herd by tailoring its products to the needs of an overlooked sub-segment of high-net worth investors. Managing director Mona Makaj said ...

Industry funds save 26 per cent in fees: study

A new study has found that industry funds deliver 26 per cent more in retirement savings than retail master trusts due to lower fees, refueling debate on how super funds deliver value-for-money to their members. Superannuation research firm SuperRatings ...