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Superannuation

Industry funds in NRL grand final

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Industry funds have won their way into the NRL grand finals with HOSTPLUS and ME Bank set to take center stage as major sponsors of the Melbourne Storm, who face the Parramatta Eels this weekend.

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Australian superannuation funds are 18 months behind their UK counterparts which are increasingly awarding mandates to agriculture investments, said an industry expert.

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows.

Trinity files $1m lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Listed company Trinity has filed a lawsuit against former Labor Party staffer Ross Daley and his company, Veritate, in a bid to recover $1 million paid to Daley "by mistake".

Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Asset Super is introducing automatic life stage increases to members' insurance, and boosting the sum insured to each unit of standard cover in a bid to tackle underinsurance.

Legalsuper seeks hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The $1.2 billion legalsuper is looking to allocate mandates to hedge fund and credit investment managers.

Streamline super concessions to boost contributions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Rather than complain about superannuation complexity, the Industry Super Network has proposed a complete reworking of tax concessions around contributions that they argue will not only significantly improve superannuation equity but boost contribution ...

MLC wins Sisters of Mercy mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
The Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed MLC Group Insurance as its new insurer.

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Elizabeth Broderick, sex discrimination commissioner, has criticised the Henry Review and Harmer Pension Review for failing to address the superannuation gap for women.

BT ramps up SMSF offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
BT is keeping an eye on the growing SMSF sector, improving BT Wrap to include more SMSF-centric functionalities.