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Superannuation

AUSfund posts zero pc crediting rate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
AUSfund's Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF) is proving to be one of the best performing funds after it posted a zero per cent crediting rate over a one year period to June.

IOOF targets Gen Y super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
IOOF has launched Individuum - a new online financial services business and super provider for Australian Gen Y-ers. But will the budding company succeed in cashing in on the online super trend?

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Australia's retirement funds including State Super, Australian Super, UniSuper and the Future Fund are some of the fastest growing in the world, rising at an average compound annual growth rate of 17 per cent.

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Investment consultants like to keep their performance numbers strictly for clients' eyes only but Frontier, which advises on $97 billion of superannuation assets, broke convention when it publicly revealed its results this year - the first time it's ...

AustralianSuper sticks with securities lending

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
AustralianSuper has reviewed its securities lending protocols and decided to continue the practice.

NAB Super divests direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
NAB Group Super is expected to sell its last four directly-owned properties as part of a property portfolio restructure.

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The average fee charged by super funds fell to 1.36 per cent, the first fall recorded in three years, according to the latest Rainmaker fee survey.

NAB Group Super axes cash plus

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
NAB Group Super has morphed its cash plus option into a pure cash option - closing the strategy's previous exposure to fixed interest, Australian shares and property.

Industry questions dual role of CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Should a superannuation fund's chief executive sit on the fund's Trustee Board? Industry experts are divided on whether wearing both hats create potential conflicts of interest.

Serious about planning: Health Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
The financial planning arm of the $7.6 billion industry fund Health Super, Health Super Financial Planning (HSFP), is rolling out six new services as clients voice their need for more sophisticated advice.