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Navigator increases range of investment options

Navigator has announced that it has increased the range of investment options available via its Personal Investment Plan and Personal Retirement Plan services. While two funds, BT Wholesale Property Securities Fund and Portfolio Partners Emerging Shares ...

ASFA hails breakthrough in super fund fee comparisons

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has today said that it had achieved a breakthrough in producing a comparable and meaningful 'bottom line' on superannuation fund fees, following research conducted with Chant West recently. ...

ING and BGI awarded most AAA ratings by FSIU

Of 119 diversified funds currently offered to the Australian wholesale market, 28 are worthy of a top AAA rating, according to a survey which rates funds in terms of both investment performance and risk. The number was also considerably higher than ...

Coonan responds to Labor super initiatives

The government has responded to the first two instalments of Labor's superannuation strategy, claiming the proposals would burden workers and businesses with more red tape and without any real benefit. Minister for revenue and minister assisting the ...

Dr Steven Vaughan & Associates and Callan to target domestic market

Dr Steven Vaughan & Associates has teamed up with Callan Associates to increase the exposure of Callan services to the Australian market. The joint business initiative is resultant of a business relationship that was formed in late 1998, with Vaughan ...

NAB takeover of AMP a risk to BT if executed well: BT

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
BT Financial Group today said a National Bank of Australia (NAB) Ltd takeover of AMP Ltd would be a risk to its business if it was executed well. NAB holds a five per cent stake in AMP and has been eyeing it as a takeover target once the troubled financial ...

ATO to re-issue rejected surcharge assessments

Superannuation funds can expect an influx in November of re-issued surcharge assessments for the 1998 and 1999 years, following new efforts by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to locate members that may have earlier transferred to a different fund. ...

APRA proposes tougher requirements for general insurers

Existing prudential standards covering general insurers will be increased, and disclosure obligations toughened, under new proposals released today by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The new measures, included in a discussion ...

Assirt assesses Nexus Bonds Portfolio Linked Floating Rates Notes

Assirt Research has said that Nexus Bonds Portfolio Linked Floating Rates Notes (PLFRN), as part of its assessment of alternative strategies and products, are suitable for sophisticated investors seeking the security of interest returns that are inflation ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...