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Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
Industry superannuation funds need to focus more on member communication, education and online presence, not scaremongering by focussing on fees, according to Vanessa Stoykov, chief executive of marketing, media and communications group Evolution Media. ...

Investors Accru SMAs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
High net worth advice specialists Accru Financial Planning (AFP) have partnered with BlackRock to offer Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) on its menu. Director Matthew Kidd said BlackRock's size and international reach, including the future inclusion ...

Reverse mortgages stumped by slump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
The reverse mortgage market continued its exponential growth last financial year, but housing market downturns, especially in NSW, tempered the surge, according to the latest SEQUAL/Trowbridge Deloitte Reverse Mortgage Market Study. Reverse mortgage ...

Portfolios not adjusted for downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Despite recent turmoil in credit markets flowing into equities, investors have been slow to alter their portfolios to match, according to Merrill Lynch's Survey of Fund Managers for September. Conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres, the survey of 188 fund ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
AFS has expressed disappointment over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to ban one of its advisers, Michael Parker, and said it will support his appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ASIC banned Parker after it found ...

MLCIC wins $600m mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
MLC Implemented Consulting (MLCIC) has won a $600 million mandate from health insurance provider HCF to advise on and implement the group's investments. MLCIC won the mandate after a five-month consultation period, due, according to MLCIC general manager ...

Bravura and Perpetual develop new SOA package

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
Bravura Solutions has teamed up with Perpetual to develop a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) compliant application, Sonata Business Services. Developed with Perpetual as part of its Unit Registry consolidation project, the software will be available ...

Unisuper fills final committee space

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
UniSuper has appointed former Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme chief executive Graham Dunstan to UniSuper's investment committee, filling the last open space. Dunstan's appointment follows the recent appointment of Mervyn Peacock as chair of ...

DIY funds get legal warrant access

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
The Senate has ended years of fluctuating policy and regulatory decisions by passing legislation to allow the use of instalment warrants for self managed super funds (SMSFs). While the legislation still requires Royal Ascent, this is generally seen ...

Aussie LPTs top of the pops

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
Investors who put money in Australian listed property nearly three decades ago can quietly pat themselves on the back, with Russell research showing the category outperformed all others over the last 26 years. While the traditional risk/return logic ...