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Provisio targets intra-fund advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... beyond the online calculators we are all accustomed to," he said. The Provisio software caters for intra-fund advice, with a focus on supporting advisers' needs and simplifying the process for members, he said. The software will support optimisation ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... comparability of super fund returns across sectors, especially between not-for-profit funds and retail funds. A particular focus however is to better reflect "member experience" in corporate master trusts and for large account balance holders where members ...

Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
General Peter Cosgrove and former Military Super chief executive John McCullagh have been nominated as member representative directors for the Government's proposed Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. Both Cosgrove and McCullagh were nominated ...

Solaris hires ex-Suncorp ESG manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Solaris Investment Management has appointed former Suncorp portfolio specialist, Lisa Domagala, to focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Domagala has previously worked at McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett, now Merrill Lynch, and also ...

RBC appoints Asia Pac execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
RBC Capital Markets has added two new executives, Amanda Lowe and Winston Quek, to its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region. Lowe joins RBC Capital Markets as vice president and will be based in Sydney, focusing on real money and pension funds ...

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
Mercer has appointed investment veteran Bill Muysken to the new role of chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, based in the UK. Muysken rejoins Mercer after spending the last three years in the hedge fund industry. He spent the early ...

AUI boosts retail and insto arms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... institutional and retail markets. Prior to this, he was with Ausbil Dexia and has also worked for ING Australia and ANZ. McAssey's focus will be on the growth of AUI's two international equities joint ventures (Wingate Asset Management and the Asian ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... economies and the rest deployed back to the US and other deficit countries. And with fiscal restraint and responsibility the focus du jour, I'm optimistic that this time they'll be put to better use. Oh, and the euro? It won't be vapourised! Stronger ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has created a team to focus solely on buying other financial planning practice books ahead of the expected regulatory changes that could result in a number of planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial ...

Wingate pushes for Everest board removal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... of Financial Viewpoint and Franco Dogliotti, director at Wingate. The fund manager said the newly appointed board would focus on preserving net assets, reviewing the business model and restoring profitability.