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CommBank Officers Super shuts property option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... contributions, transfers and switches will no longer be accepted into the option. October 7 will be the last day for members to switch out of the strategy, before having their balances transferred to the cash option by 8 October. While the closure of ...

City Super adopts weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... allocating investment earnings to member accounts," noted City Super in an online statement. Members will be allowed to switch between options on a weekly basis, subject to a maximum 12 investment switches per year. City Super is the super fund for current ...

The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... shares and property at a good price in the past 12 months. Still, Retail Finance Intelligence found that those who did switch out of shares and property said they don't intend to put that money back into those asset classes even when the market recovers. ...

Clock ticking for UK defined benefit schemes

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... schemes instead. Watson Wyatt research found more than one million employees using a defined benefit pension may be forced to switch to a defined contribution scheme, which means they are linked to market movements. The research, based on 250 survey ...

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs) and Registered Finance Corporations (RFCs) categories still have until 1 January 2011 to switch from complying to state-based credit laws to the proposed National Credit Code. The Government also announced other timetable ...

Active members can cause asset allocation headache

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Financial literacy and a push for more Australians to be engaged with superannuation will have a profound effect on super fund asset allocations, said one industry body. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event, David ...

Liquidity problem in unlisted assets overstated: RWA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... unlikely to experience liquidity and revaluation problems even if there is an increase in arbitrage activity [if members switch between funds or investment choices," explained Rice Warner Actuaries (RWA) in their August 2009 Touchstone newsletter. This ...

YMCA fund introduces fixed interest

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... members. The AYSF Growth strategy remains the default option of the fund, although starting 1 July members who wish to switch or mix the two options can do so. Generally, around 80 per cent of the Growth Strategy's assets are invested in pure growth ...

CFD demand rises with equities recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are staging a comeback and, in the last 12 months, there was a power shift among the largest players too, new research found. Research firm Investment Trends released its latest annual report on the sector, canvassing ...

TWUSUPER ramps up fund features

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
A mid-sized Australian superannuation fund has revamped its investment switching, investment options and crediting rates arrangements to provide members with more choice and efficiency. TWUSUPER, which had $1.85 billion in funds under management at ...