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Superannuation

Tasplan complete their own hard yards for RSE

Tasplan staff have worked hard to complete their own compliance work and have been duly awarded a Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) Licence, ahead of the June deadline.

Door opens on IFRS - or is it the floodgates?

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
The International Accounting Standards Board has bowed to criticism of the new International Financial Reporting Standards and agreed to re-open a debate on some of the basics of financial reporting, according to the UK Financial Times.

Great Southern a big winner in super rankings

Great Southern Super is the big winner in Rainmaker Information's SelectingSuper performance tables, released late last week.

RBC and Dexia join hands to form top 10 global custodian

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Dexia have combined their institutional investor services arms to become a formidable top 10 global custodian with $2.7 trillion in assets under custody.

Super savings close in on hitting $800 billion: APRA

Amid fears of a country-wide superannuation savings shortfall, the latest APRA survey shows that the money keeps rolling in, with total superannuation assets now closing in on the $800 billion mark.

Super funds pile on global equities

Vision Super joins a growing list of super funds that are ramping up their weighting on international equities, supporting recent reports that investors expect potentially higher returns overseas.

Pre-Christmas sale earns Absolute Capital NZ$30m

Absolute Capital Group Limited (Absolute Capital) celebrated Christmas early in 2005, raising NZ$30 million through the release of Packaged Income Notes (PINs), paving the way for an Australian launch.

Apples are not apples with new accounting standards

The recent adoption of international accounting standards will make it harder for investors to make "like for like" comparisons of investment data, according to the latest report from Tyndall.

NAB removes commission bias in the UK

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2006
In response to a survey that found three out of four consumers believe advisers push products that earn them the most commission, NAB owned UK banks Clydesdale and Yorkshire have revamped their financial advisers' commission structures.

Ironbridge creates largest independent underwriter

Dexta Corporation, one of Ironbridge Capital's investee companies, has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire four of Aon's Australian underwriting agency businesses, making it Australia's largest independently owned insurance underwriting agency ...