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A cyber home for advisers: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
MLC is looking to make its website a one-stop shop for advisers looking to do business online. Steve Barnes, head of online services and advice platform at MLC, said that adviser feedback of the new look MLC website unveiled in May has so far been positive. ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... according to the latest Rainmaker fee survey that reviewed 502 workplace, personal and retirement not-for-profit funds and master trusts. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker's associate director of research and author of the study that is contained in the Rainmaker ...

JANA recruits ex-Mercer manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... this role, Plant was responsible for 170 staff in two states, administering 62 major corporate superannuation funds and master funds with over 220,000 members. At JANA, Plant will be responsible for ongoing implementation of JANA's best research ideas ...

Coin extends MLC and Macq service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
MLC Masterkey, Macquarie Life and Macquarie Cash Management Trust can now provide more online facilities to advisers following a tech upgrade with Coin. MLC platform users can now open accounts online, receive automatic updates of client portfolios ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... diligence." On the upside, a majority 80 per cent of those surveyed did say that they were satisfied with the response of their master trust or custodian when they did face liquidity problems. Francesco Squillacioti, the Asia-Pacific regional business ...

Vanguard appoints Asia MD

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Vanguard has appointed Lee Yuit Chieng as managing director of its institutional business in Asia. Lee, who is starting her role in August, will be based in Singapore and report directly to Vanguard Investments head of Asia and Japan, Trevor Chudleigh. ...

Astarra opens to retail investors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... Astarra Funds Management chief executive, said previously investors could only access the firm's diversified funds via its master trust. "In the highly volatile bear market conditions experienced these past 12 months the three Astarra Diversified Funds ...

Northern Trust gains $1bn custody mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... to BH Global, a feeder fund worth more than $1 billion. BH Global only invests in the Brevan Howard Global Opportunities Master Fund, a hedge fund that trades on the London Stock Exchange. The Brevan Howard Global Opportunities Master Fund invests in ...

Smaller funds to plateau

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... will plateau to about 50 to 100 funds in the next five years," said Keevers. Last month, the $165 million Anglican Church Master Superannuation Fund (ACMSF) shut its doors and transferred all members and assets to the $13 billion Sunsuper. Tim Jenkins ...

Bennelong hires BNP as custodian

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Bennelong Funds Management appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as its master custodian. The firm chose BNP Paribas based on its partnership approach and client service model following a review of a number of other custodians. "Throughout our due ...