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ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... to have a dispute resolution system in place. The system must include an internal dispute resolution procedure and membership of an approved external dispute resolution scheme such as the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). ASIC is also imposing specific ...

Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Super could further strain liquidity for industry funds, which have more small accounts and lost super within their membership base. "There are 6.4 million lost accounts, and that means the overall membership of the superannuation could drop 20 to 25 ...

MLC appoints Gupta to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... directors. "Peeyush's appointment is all part of MLC's move towards putting in place a majority external licensee board membership," said Richard Nunn, executive general manager of advice & marketing, MLC & NAB Wealth. "This puts the focus on governance ...

Mercer wins Equipsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... fund Equipsuper has both accumulation and defined benefit divisions within its folds, and is open to the public for membership.

SuperFriend code improves insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... designed to provide an end to end framework for funds who are concerned about the incidence of mental illness within their membership." Jocelyn Furlan, chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal welcomed the SuperFriend initiative and its ...

Plum gets news hub

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... the firm had more than 57,500 hits on its website for the month of August alone. "When you consider that Plum has a membership base of 140,000 members, website usage is very high." The News Hub is the latest initiative implemented by Plum to help increase ...

Quadrant wins marketing gong

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Australian Marketing Institute Award for marketing excellence in Tasmania. The campaign focused on promoting increased membership into the fund through relationship marketing. "Superannuation is not always the easiest product to explain or promote because ...

Rev mortgage market continues to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... still have outstanding loans. Reflecting the impact of the financial crisis on the reverse mortgage market, SEQUAL's membership has fallen from 12 to nine since the last report was published as some non-bank lenders exited the market. Direct distribution ...

Simple advice at GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... advantage of the new intra fund advice provisions is only available to the 25 per cent of WA workforce that make up GESB's membership.

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... funds sometimes can divert attention away from what really matters and that is the specific needs of their respective membership bases. "The advent of rankings has led to many funds focusing on their short-term pecking order rather than the long-term ...