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Superannuation

Goldman Sachs wins Asia's bank of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Goldman Sachs has won IFR Asia's award for Bank of the Year following two months of scrutiny by IFR Asia's team of reporters and analysts.

Energy field nationalism to impact investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
As investors try to exploit the commodities boom in emerging economies, governments of these economies are staking their own ownership claims by nationalising parts of their resources industries.

Asset Super launches into advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Asset Super is to offer its members access to low cost single-issue financial planning through Money Solutions.

SG Hiscock scores four stars from S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
The EQT SGH Property Income Fund (retail and wholesale) and SGH Professional Investor Property Securities Trust have been awarded four star ratings from Standard & Poor's.

Company directors arrested on theft charges

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Two former directors of the Personalised Finance Solutions group of companies (PFS Group) have been bailed to appear in court later this month on charges relating to the theft of $930,000 from investors.

Sovereign MF building up its aged care portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Boutique property funds manager and developer Sovereign MF has acquired a $5.2 million aged care facility for its Sovereign Viculus Aged Care Property Fund.

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is to create a single and simplified gateway for people looking to find their lost or unclaimed superannuation.

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Default investment options of not-for-profit funds as a group continue to outperform master trust default options but the gap has narrowed by two-thirds in just the last three years.

Investment Stewardship Awards to be launched at Melb Symposium

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The 2007 Melbourne Financial Services Symposium (MFSS) will include the inaugural 2007 Investment Stewardship Award, sponsored by the Victorian Government.

CBA rolls out new business banking channel

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has unveiled CommBiz, a new online banking channel for business, corporate and institutional clients which it hopes will underpin its 2007 business banking strategy.