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GESB reaches $10b milestone

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... Allocated Pension. An anti-detriment payment is an additional amount that may be payable in the event of a GESB member's death. The amount will be paid to a spouse, child or former spouse as a lump sum. It is in addition to the amount to the account ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... their share holdings in other companies than their regular business operations. Falling share prices spelled the natural death of this Japanese practice of cross shareholdings - the same way CDO's and other structured investments went out of fashion ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... international standards in the event that Dubai's negotiations with its creditors fail. Dubai must be hoping that after their near-death experience, its creditors would be more than happy to renegotiate the terms of their loans. Or was this the game ...

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...

GuildSuper cuts fees, boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
GuildSuper is introducing a tiered fee structure and lowering fees for members, while upgrading its death and TPD insurance. GuildSuper, which is owned by Guild Financial Services, has improved members' insurance cover by providing better levels of ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB) to form a single trustee board on July 2010. ComSuper's current commissioner for superannuation is Leo ...

ESI Super pumps up insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... to identify how we can evolve our insurance product range to better suit their needs. As a result, we have unveiled new death and TPD insurance with MLC and new income protection cover with AIP. MLC's deal will see the fund's death and TPD insurance ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... made for as long as the Fed is doing whatever it takes. Sure the bears are bearish, talking up the prospect of an untimely death for equity markets. But when? Not next year or the next...but sometime in the future. For now equities would continue to ...

Asset Super improves member insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... includes automatic stage cover increases at ages 23 and again at age 28 for eligible members and increased insured sums for death and Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) units by more than 2 per cent at no extra cost. Fixed cover premiums have also ...

Child Care Super cuts fees, boost insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... have with other funds into ACCSF. Meanwhile the fund has also upgraded its insurance arrangements. Members with Automatic Death and Total and Permanent Disablement cover will benefit from extra cover at zero cost. The fund is also introducing automatic ...