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Members vote for Lifeplan/Aus Unity merger

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Lifeplan members have yesterday approved the proposal to merge with Australian Unity. Over 98 percent of the members' vote was in favour of the merger. Lifeplan will now seek final regulatory and court approvals for the merger. The merged company will ...

UCSuper appoints IUS as insurer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Uniting Church Superannuation Plan has appointed International Underwriting Services as its new insurer. UCSuper, which had $244 in funds under management at 31 December last year according to Rainmaker Information, signed a deal to bring on IUS ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Australians can access superannuation-related financial advice more easily under regulatory changes announced yesterday, but the industry is split between those that believe ASIC's move benefits the public while others predict it's a "disaster in the ...

US employees flee pension plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Up to 60 per cent of US companies are seeing their employees postpone retirement plans and reduce pension plan participation. Dissaffected employees are also increasing hardship withdrawals, according to a new Towers Perrin survey. US employees are ...

Qantas Super gets $66m injection

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
The $5.6 billion Qantas Superannuation fund will receive $66 million in extra funds over the next three years from Qantas Airways Limited into its defined benefit divisions. According to a statement on the super fund's website, both Qantas Super and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Australian markets have received mixed leads. While Wall Street was slightly higher in late-afternoon trade, precious metals were higher, copper was up, too, but crude oil ended up lower. At 0709 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

Pensions deficit hits US firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Mega US companies must reassess their risk management strategy and revise profit expectations after pension plans losses turn a $90 billion surplus into a $420 billion deficit, according to Mercer. According to Mercer's research, the S&P 1500 defined ...

Guild selects Mercer for admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Guild Group appointed Mercer to provide administration and member services across GuildSuper, GuildPension and the Australian Child Care Superannuation Fund. Mercer started providing administration, call centre and online services to the group's members ...

Fin advice satisfaction down

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Clients are showing a small decrease in satisfaction with the advice they are receiving from their financial planners, new research shows. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index decreased slightly from 74.3 six months ago to 73.2 in June. ...

IRESS turbocharges Xplan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
IRESS Wealth Management Solutions has enhanced its Xplan service to advisers, providing them with an integrated software package that promises greater superannuation analysis capabilities. The improvements include access to platform disclosure fees ...