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Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for an in-depth review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media ...

Zurich launches iPhone app for life insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Zurich is launching a new iPhone application that allows advisers to provide life insurance quotes to clients - catering to the soaring number of planners who use iPhones and want faster, simpler technology to help clients buy insurance. Zurich is providing ...

AUI appoints head of portfolio management

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Australian Unity Investments has appointed former Frontier Investment Consulting senior investment analyst, Edward Smith, as head of portfolio management. Smith will report to Kirsty Dullahide, general manager - investments and strategy. His responsibilities ...

Full steam ahead for MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has cited Australians' concerns that super is too complex as a key reason why MySuper will be implemented as planned. Minister Shorten quoted research from Colmar Brunton that showed consumers generally find information ...

Count selects Lonsec and IRESS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
One of Australia's largest financial planning groups, Count Financial, has replaced van Eyk with Lonsec as its new research provider, and appointed IRESS as a software partner. Grant Kennaway, general manager of research at Lonsec, said the firm will ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The $33 billion AustralianSuper is considering reducing its 6 per cent cash holdings and allocating more into global equities, unlisted infrastructure and other asset classes by the end of the year. Bernie Fraser, independent director and AustralianSuper ...

Perpetual Private Wealth targets growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Perpetual Private Wealth is aiming for year-on-year double digit growth in profits and revenue, and is planning to make further acquisitions, said Geoff Lloyd, Perpetual group executive of private wealth. Lloyd said the firm had set an ambitious growth ...

Sunsuper expands in-house investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The $15 billion-plus Sunsuper has appointed former Milliman consultant, Andrew Fisher, as portfolio analyst and plans to make further hires in the near future to boost its investment team. David Hartley, chief investment officer of Sunsuper, said Fisher ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
AMP, AXA and Colonial First State planners channel the most sales into their parent firms' superannuation products out of six major planning groups, new research shows. According to new figures from Roy Morgan, which researched nearly 5,700 super products ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
AvSuper has appointed $25 million each to Fauchier Partners and Aurora as the fund ramps up its hedge fund strategies. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of Canberra-based AvSuper, said the $50 million mandates are part of the funding for the super ...