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Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

SuperChoice tags Australia Post for super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
SuperChoice has collaborated with Australia Post on a superannuation account consolidation project that could reduce fees on unwanted extra accounts by $500 million over the next five years. SuperChoice will launch Consolidate My Super, a service that ...

Abacus funds head exits

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Tom Hardwick, the director of funds management at Abacus Property Group, has resigned to concentrate on his personal investments in childcare. According to an ASX statement from last week, Hardwick resigned and Abacus Property Group head of strategy ...

Vanguard to release 19 more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... 'if you want this exposure you have to use this index', it's the clients choice," he said. Vanguard will cross-list the US funds in Australia where it sees demand from its local clients, added Bowerman. The US market is popular among ETF providers, Standard ...

ETCs close to platform launch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Exchange traded commodities (ETCs) could soon become available on investment platforms. Nigel Phelan, head of sales in Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the company is working with ratings firms to gain ratings and access to platforms. ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Local university endowment funds investments performed three times better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions ...

CalPERS reprimands board member

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
One of the largest US funds, CalPERS, has voted to strip one board member's position as chair of the fund's health benefits committee along with her travel privileges after failing to file financial disclosure statements. According to a press release ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Super funds should step up to the plate and help with the Australian resources $50-billion funding gap, according to several funds management companies. LimeStreet Capital's research report questions why super funds, including self managed super funds ...

India Equities puts cash to work

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
The India Equities fund has increased its exposure to the Indian finance sector by including Allahabad Bank into the portfolio as its tilt to the country's energy sector falls. The fund has more than $71 million invested across 58 Indian equities. An ...

ETF Securities signs Taurus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
ETF Securities has announced a mandate with Taurus Funds Management to provide the fund manager a platform to trade gold and other metals using exchange traded commodity (ETC) products. Taurus' flagship fund is a gold and precious metals fund. The fund ...