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Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...

AMP Flexible Super records $1bn in FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AMP plans to broaden the consumer appeal of its low-cost Flexible Super product next year, after the new offering reached the $1 billion in funds under management mark within six months. Andrew Hobern, the newly-appointed director of business performance ...

AustralianSuper to hit $110bn by 2020

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
AustralianSuper intends to triple its funds under management from the current $33 billion to $110 billion in the next ten years using a five-pronged growth strategy, including buying and merging with other super funds. Paul Schroder, general manager ...

IOOF consolidates platforms

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
IOOF is going through another round of rationalisation within its platforms, systems and other services, following its acquisition of Skandia Australia and merger with AWM. Following the rationalisation, IOOF will make fewer system changes, have fewer ...

Port of Brisbane in the hands of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The $33 billion AustralianSuper is adding the Port of Brisbane to its infrastructure portfolio - the latest addition to its $4.5 billion infrastructure portfolio after the fund signalled its intentions to be a key player in the asset class earlier this ...

PIH planners vote yes to merger, future uncertain

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Professional Investment Holdings is a step closer to merging with Centrepoint Alliance after the majority of PIH planners agreed to the deal - but there's a big question mark on how many of them will stay at the new firm. PIH shareholders in four separate ...

AIA signs record number of corporate funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
AIA Australia has won mandates from 40 small to medium size corporate super schemes in the last 12 months. Damien Green, chief executive of AIA Australia, said that the number of schemes that have contracted AIA for insurance offerings has risen dramatically. ...

First State app gets 11,000 hits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Less than four months after First State Super launched its inaugural iPhone app for members to check their super, the fund has recorded 11,000 downloads - and expects more people to sign up. First State Super, which had $18.6 billion at the end of June ...

Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Macquarie, BT and AXA are some of the platform providers Zurich Financial Services will be targeting next year as the firm shifts its strategy from launching new products, to increasing its presence in the platform sector. Matthew Drennan, general manager ...

Maritime offers fixed term investment option

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Maritime Super is launching a new fixed term investment option next month - a strategy normally associated with retail super funds, and arguably the first of its kind introduced by an industry fund. The fixed term investment option works like a fixed ...