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Morningstar pessimistic about ING Property Securities Trust

Morningstar Research has downgraded its rating of ING's Wholesale Property Securities Trust from 'investment grade' to 'hold' amid the fund's poor performance, high fees, and changes to its investment team. The performance of the fund has been poor ...

Sunsuper and MLC roll out clearinghouse facilities

Sunsuper and MLC, with Plum Financial Services, are the latest to launch clearinghouse facilities to support employers in a post choice of superannuation fund environment. MLC and its wholly owned subsidiary Plum Financial Services have entered into ...

New Perpetual business scores local and Irish win

Irish Life, the largest distributor of pensions and investment products in Ireland has appointed Perpetual Trustees' new global equities business, PI Investment Management (PIIML), as an external manager. The appointment follows van Eyk's recent decision ...

Government joins push for better super education

The Federal Government has released a booklet to help improve consumer understanding of superannuation in order to allow people to make more informed financial decisions regarding their retirement savings. The publication is called Super Choices has ...

ASIC moves to fine tune financial services guides

ASIC will provide relief to financial service providers in disclosing additional remuneration requirements currently required by the Corporations Regulations 2001. The Class Order (CO 05/27) Financial Services Guides - Tailoring Relief exempts financial ...

Government releases FSR refinements

In an attempt to improve the operation of the Financial Services Regulation (FSR) framework the Federal Government has released a series of 25 refinements to the regime. The fine-tuning to the framework was made to help clarify the obligations industry ...

Young Australians super about choice

Recent research from FuturePlus has revealed 47 per cent of Australians between 25 and 34 years of age in NSW are most like to switch superannuation funds once the July choice of funds legislation comes into place. "It reinforces the view that superannuation ...

FPA releases draft conflict of interest guidelines

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has just announced the third and last phase of its clarity and transparency program and released its draft conflict of interest principals to the industry for consultation. According to FPA director Sarah Brennan ...

ASIC clarifies position on disclosing impact of IFRS

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has indicated its expectations as to the nature and extent of the disclosure in financial reports, for the year ended 30 June 2005, about the impact of the implementation of International Financial ...

Industry loses popular Macquarie associate director

Macquarie Funds Management has lost distribution manager and associate director Peter Gillespie following his tragic heart attack and death last week. Macquarie Funds Management executive director Ben Bruck said the company and Gillespie's colleagues ...