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Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... Colonial FirstChoice with 10.5%, REST with 10.4% and First State Super with 10.1%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were ANZ OneAnswer with 12.6%, REST with 11.9%, CareSuper with 11.7%, Chifley Super ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
An expected doubling of post-retirement funds under management (FUM) from 8% in 2010 to 16% by 2020, represents golden opportunities for investment managers, Jacob Hook of Oliver Wyman Financial Services advised delegates at IMCA's (Investment Management ...

Banned adviser faces jail term

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... the clients to sign the third party security documents. As a result of this action, over $900,000 of clients' retirement funds were held as security for a margin loan facility he operated. In his role, ASIC also alleges Carll provided false documents ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
High equity weightings in accumulation superannuation are unsuited to retirement funds, presenting a big opportunity to life offices and super funds to create products that mimic the age pension. Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System ...

Super cap breach stings 65,000

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... 65,000 Australians have breached their concessional superannuation contribution cap leading to excess tax on their retirement funds, according to Government figures. In a response to a Senate question by Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Corman, Federal ...

Adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... when in 2005 he tricked the two self-funded retirees from Walleroo into signing away more than $900,000 of their retirement funds as security for a margin loan facility he operated, ASIC said. He used the account to trade shares and options until the ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... existing severance schemes. As a result, at the end of 2009 there were 34 asset managers managing 255 registered retirement funds. The top ten of these asset managers account for 86 per cent of total registered retirement fund assets (KRW 1.1 trillion) ...

Westpac upgrades online trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... also have improved access to managed funds allowing them to search, compare and invest in investment, super and retirement funds. Westpac Online Investing has more than a quarter of a million customers. The relaunch in January 2010 ensured customers ...

Bill backed for calling placement agents lobbyists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... step closer to restoring people's confidence in California's pension systems and ensuring the integrity of these retirement funds, which people have worked their entire lives to earn." Hernandez introduced AB 1743 after investigations last year revealed ...

BT Super for Life hits the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... activated account means it's attracting superannuation guarantee payments or the customer has rolled their existing retirement funds into the product. "That's a fantastic number given most people take around eight to 12 weeks to activate their account," ...