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UniSuper wins contact centre award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
UniSuper has been named winner of the ATA Victorian Contact Centre of the Year award. Last month, three representatives from Australia's peak national body for the contact centre industry spent time with UniSuper's contact centre consultants to judge ...

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Within 24 months, all large industry and corporate super funds will be offering SMSF-like capability to members. That is the prediction of Ian Dunbar, head of investment platforms at UBS Australia, which together with FNZ Australia developed the platform ...

StatewideSuper re-signs Bravura

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... year contract with wealth management software provider Bravura Solutions to ensure further access to its ePASS superannuation technology. StatewideSuper's web portal is currently powered by ePASS, which provides a wide range of self-service transactions ...

SMSF contributions spike ahead of cap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SMSF contributions were up close to $7000 in the 2011/12 financial year driven by over 50s getting in ahead of the $25,000 concessional cap introduction on July 1 this year. The latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey showed the average contribution ...

Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
Portfolio disclosure remains a contentious issue for superannuation funds, after it was first flagged in the 2010 Cooper review. It will be a major issue explored at the Financial Services Council annual conference, to be held on 1-3 August at the Gold ...

First State Super butts out tobacco

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
First State Super has excluded investments in all companies involved in the manufacture of tobacco products from its entire investment portfolio. The move builds on First State Super's exclusion of tobacco-related investments from socially responsible ...

Buy-right and equity managers will deliver income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
A growing proportion of superannuation assets being owned by retirees is re-orienting investment product design towards producing income, but delivering this in a sideways yet volatile capital market requires investment managers to change their approach. ...

FSC focuses FATCA talk on govt agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... FATCA regime. Under draft Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations released in February, Australian superannuation funds would not qualify for exemptions that captured pension funds in other systems. The regime would therefore require superannuation ...

Franklin appoints head of sales

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... role," said Maria Wilton, managing director of Franklin Templeton Australia. "Keri is well known in the Australian superannuation and institutional investment industry and has a strong track record in sales and relationship management," she said. Wilton ...

LUCRF expands in-house investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
LUCRF Super has expanded its internal investment team, which oversees the $3bn fund. Duncan Graham, senior property specialist, and Daniel Grioli, senior investment analyst have both joined the fund. "The growth of the team strengthens the funds internal ...