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A case for active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Growth-driven equity markets won't last and the market cycle will see long-term active value managers prevail, according to Peter Gunning, chief investment officer for Asia Pacific at Russell Investment Group. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
Trustees of retail super funds who pay commissions to subsidise holistic advice could be breaching the sole purpose test, according to Industry Super Network executive manager David Whiteley. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Soft compulsion, increased advice and standardised investment options would be the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ...

QSuper appoints three GMs

QSuper, one of the largest super funds in the country with 470,000 members, has bulked up its management team after the appointment of three general managers. The three appointees were Maria Dalton as general manager of risk and compliance, Michael ...

ASF to overhaul issuer disclosure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... backed and asset backed securities in a bid to improve the marketability of local issuance in the global credit market. The ASF has convened a market standards committee, under the leadership of industry veteran Vernon Spencer, and asked it to make recommendations ...

ASFA elects new board members

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has elected Russel Mason and Nicolette Rubinsztein to its board of directors, following the departure of David Holston and Brian Bissaker. Mason is a worldwide partner with Mercer, while Rubinsztein ...

Super veterans accept Industry Service Awards

ING Australia superannuation strategy manager Graeme Colley, Cbus chief executive Sandy Grant and director of AMP Corporate Superannuation Greg Healy are the inaugural recipients of the 2007 Rainmaker SelectingSuper Industry Service awards. Colley ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Superannuation is entering a golden age in Australia and it's time we started to focus on our end-customers, said Rob Coombe, chief executive of wealth management for BT Financial Group when speaking at yesterdays' Association of Super Funds of Australia ...

Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Australians pumped record sums into their superannuation funds over the June quarter, with $72 billion in total inflows marking the largest quarterly increase in history, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA ...