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Templeton and TAAM top EM review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... funds totalling $30 billion in the second quarter of this year. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst at Lonsec, said a focus on top-down factors allowed fund managers to contain losses in the past 18 months. "A common reflection from managers when ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... Lock, is that super funds start exploiting the advice relief as a way to engage with their members but then inadvertently focus on the marketing. "We've had discussions with various super funds where it's seriously been put to us to remove the section ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... Newcastle, NSW. The firm has over 1600 clients and offers accounting and financial services to businesses and individuals with a focus on compliance, tax, audit, corporate services, financial planning, loans and leasing. The four person principal group ...

Cooper the competition crusader is coming

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... comments echo widely-held views that the major cause of the problems consumers confront in superannuation is the system's heavy focus on distributional factors rather than member needs, resulting in many people ending up in products that don't suit their ...

IOSCO warns against structured products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... the recommendation made in the Report of the Task Force on the Subprime Crisis that was published in May 2008. The central focus of the review was how collective investment schemes representing retail investors became involved with structured investments ...

ASFA awards top super funds in comms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... produced a statement that was flexible and captured its member segments, along with strong key messages. "We really wanted to focus on building a statement that could easily give members messages they needed," said Justine de Mestre, senior manager ...

Downturn presents brand opportunity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... behind the 'Kevin 07' campaign, conducted research to get people's perception of super funds and the industry using two focus groups: active members (such as SMSFs) and those who are indifferent to their super. The firm found that while superannuation ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... eligible to take part. Head of product for Macquarie Wrap, Doug Chang, said that this new service is part of an ongoing focus on minimising equity administration and simplifying systems for advisers. It also reduces paper consumption and waste for both ...

Sunsuper extends planning service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Sunsuper has upgraded the fund's financial planning capability with On Track, a program which provides tailored on-going financial advice for members for free if the member has all their super in the fund. The super fund is targeting members 40 years ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... meeting. Future Fund chairman David Murray will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "The Frameworks and Focus for the Future Fund and Nation-Building Funds", in Sydney. On Wednesday, the Australian share market snapped a 11 trading ...