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Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial markets believe. The only question now is how and how big. And ...

Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has renewed calls for alternatives to the existing asset-based and performance-based fee models. The AIST research published last month recommends a hybrid fixed dollar fee/performance fee model ...

CommInsure wins industry fund mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Extending their partnership to seven years, CommInsure worked closely with both Care Super and broking and consulting firm IFS Insurance Broking (IFSIB) to address underinsurance within the fund. Most members received a doubling in their insurance coverage ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Superannuation industry associations have welcomed the government's MySuper reforms but one industry body said more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation ...

IFSA members approve name change, new focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Investments, AMP, ING Australia were among the big finance firms that backed the Investment & Financial Service Association's new strategy. IFSA members held an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday to change the association's ...

Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has appointed former Vanguard executive Shan Kwee as portfolio manager. Kwee will be responsible for portfolio construction and management, system design and development, attribution analysis, risk ...

TFN should be member ID: Cooper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Cooper Review has recommended tax file numbers (TFNs) become the primary super fund member identifier to improve member processing and make it easier for them to switch funds. The set of reforms called "SuperStream" is designed to improve back office ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The prudential regulator has drawn a line in the sand on how super fund investment options are to be labelled and announced it will introduce risk-based criterion for how diversified investment options will in the future be categorised. The move kills ...

Govt provides flexibility on fee for service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The government is not mandating financial planners use one remuneration structure over another as it consults with the financial services industry on the Future of Financial Advice reforms. Speaking in parliament last week, Chris Bowen, minister for ...

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Investment & Financial Services (IFSA) is calling on the government to commit to increasing the superannuation guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent regardless of the outcome of the Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) negotiations. Speaking at an IFSA member ...