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AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... the coal industry," said Watson. "The new basic cover caters for the industry-specific needs of our 63,000 members." Research conducted by AUSCOAL found improved safety records in the coal mining industry, growth in the average coal miner's wage and ...

SMSFs breach asset rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... according to a new study, with some trustees effectively using their super fund as their personal cheque account. The latest research from SMSF administrator and auditor Partners Superannuation Services found that the top reason SMSFs breached their ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... commissions could earn up to 13 times more than those who were remunerated on a fee for service basis, said the report. The research, which was commissioned by the Industry Super Network, based its findings on comparing the net value of advice provided ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... released attacking the social inequity of superannuation and age pension rules. The Australia Institute has released a research paper that argues superannuation is a tax rort for wealthy people that severely disadvantages low income earners. Reinforcing ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Provider of the Year. The Award winners and finalists were selected based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative research, including data from Plan For Life Risk Insurance Benchmarking Reports in each of the four quarters of 2008. More than ...

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Reynolds' statement is backed by new research from Watson Wyatt noting Australia's pension assets' compound annual growth rate until 2007 remained the highest at 12 per ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... opened a Melbourne office and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office after being appointed managing director of the Asia Pacific ...

REST ramps up credit exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) extended the fund's credit exposure by investing $150 million in the Credit Suisse Syndicated Loan fund and $100 million Stone Tower's Offshore Credit fund in December. Damian Hill, REST chief executive ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion at the end of 2008, and ...

WA planning firm moves east

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... provides securities trading, public company capital raisings, venture capital, derivatives trading, seed capital and private research services. Previous initial price offer (IPO) clients include Jupiter Energy, Bowen Energy, Whinnen Resources, Mamba ...