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Admins team up for rollover revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Three of the country's biggest administrators - AAS, Pillar Administration and Superpartners - are joining forces to set up a standard of protocols for fund rollovers. In a move in line with the Government's initiative to use Medicare as a small business ...

Mercer appoints head of super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... including private equity and credit. Jo Allen joins Mercer Sentinel, the firm's investment operations specialist team to focus primarily on daily and event-driven operational risk, and Rebecca Dixon joins Mercer's Responsible Investment team. Mercer ...

AUSCOAL tags health fund and credit union

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The $4.8 billion AUSCOAL Super is teaming up with a mining-focused health fund and credit union to provide expanded services to its members. AUSCOAL Super, which had $4.82 billion at the end of September according to Rainmaker Information, said it was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... 4,819.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks traded in a tight range for most of Monday's session but faded at the close. The main focus of the trading day was a new round of mergers and acquisitions, which raised hopes for the US economy. Financial shares rose ...

Super has no competition, no innovation: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... post-commission world. "Everyone agrees commissions are gone. But what will they be replaced with?" asked Whiteley. Despite the focus on commissions and ISN's research that argues they distort the advice process, Whiteley said the prospects for advice ...

AXA to launch blended premium insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... understood AIA Australia has already launched an insurance product that provides a similar pricing method. AXA Australia's focus on term life, trauma and TPD appears to be paying off. The group's individual life new business grew last year with sales ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... said Arnold. "This is just one aspect of the overall trend towards short-termism for the whole industry, there's a lot of focus on this month's performance figures which encourages more turnover."

SuperAlphaFund closes shop in Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... wholesale investors throughout the Asian region. SuperAlphaFund employs five people in Australia. Gaertner said his current focus is on the firm's operations in Australia, and nothing has been decided yet about his career moves following the wind up. ...

Prudential back in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... instead of an IPO raises questions on the ownership of AIA in Australia where, in 1998, Prudential withdrew from Australia to focus on its UK operations by selling its life insurance and funds management businesses to Colonial Limited (now part of Commonwealth ...

Legalsuper member contributions rise

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Legalsuper has seen its voluntary member contributions increase by 6 per cent for the previous year - a stark contrast to APRA figures that show contributions plummeting almost 40 per cent across the industry over the same period. In total, legalsuper ...