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BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... will build the next generation wealth platform for advisers, dealer groups and investors. David Lees will lead the Superannuation and Investment business designed target the $1.2 trillion super market. The division will bring all BT's super platforms ...

ACSI chief exec Byrne wins PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Ann Byrne, the chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has been elected to join the Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative advisory council. Byrne is one of six new members of the council, which for the ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Industry Funds Management is on the lookout for $1 billion plus infrastructure investments and hopes that state government asset disposals will breath life into the Australian market. Industry Funds Management's (IFM) chief executive, Brett Himbury ...

Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Towers Watson has so far been a net beneficiary from the spate of superannuation fund mergers, while acknowledging that consolidation presents the biggest single threat to the changing world of asset consulting. The firm, itself a product of a merger ...

Intrafund advice a sticking point for Stronger Super group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... issue but has publicly been a strong supporter of scaled advice. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, also could not comment on the specifics of the Peak Consultative Group but said ASFA's position was that ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Self-managed super funds have been stockpiling cash in the three months to June reflecting a cautious attitude to the stockmarket among trustees, a new survey has said. Cash holdings for the 1600 SMSFs administered by self-managed super administration ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Under new guidelines announced by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Financial Services Council, super funds will provide a 'standard risk measure' as of June 22, 2012. The standard measure estimates the number of negative ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... holdings including from super fund investment, banks and the Reserve Bank. Rainmaker research shows the average superannuation fund has 5.8% of their total assets in international fixed interest products. The largest managed funds have regional fixed ...

Government takes no sides in industry-retail super split

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... gateway to higher fees, according to the source. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said it was not true that super funds would be forced to charge a flat fee for all their products under the proposed ...

Boutique equities manager wins big Kiwi mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Boutique New Zealand equities manager Devon Funds Management has won a large new mandate from New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Mel Firmin, a spokesman for Devon, said the deal had been made in the last month. He could not confirm reports that the mandate ...