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Superannuation

AMP corp super inflows fall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
AMP corporate super cash inflows fell due to lower rollovers and a decline in salary sacrifice contributions because of changes in concessional contribution caps, according to the firm's first quarter cash flows report.

Maritime looks beyond life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Maritime Super is joining the growing number of funds expanding their insurance offerings, and is looking to offer health, car, home and travel insurance.

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Greek government has agreed to freeze wages and pensions for three years in a deal with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy.

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The political focus might be on the government's $9 billion super profits tax slug on miners, but employer groups say lifting SG by one third will hit them twice as hard.

Cavendish buys Bendzulla Actuarial

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Cavendish Superannuation has bought actuarial and retirement services group, Bendzulla Actuarial.

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry.

Asteron leaves KiwiSaver market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
Asteron is pulling out of the New Zealand KiwiSaver market.

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
SMSFs should be banned from including collectables and 'personal use' assets into their fund and will be subject to tougher penalties if they break the rules, according to the preliminary recommendations of the Cooper Review released today.

CalPERS fights BoA directors election

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
One of the biggest pension funds in the US, CalPERS, has opposed the re-election of six Bank of America directors who failed to fully disclose the true financial condition of Merrill Lynch before the controversial merger in September 2008.

LUCRF Super appoints global eq managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Industry fund LUCRF Super has appointed Arrowstreet Capital LP, MFS Investment Management and DFA Australia (Dimensional) as its new international equity managers.