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Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... already seen how scale has become a game-changer for their pension fund clients, which includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). It is among the largest pension funds in Canada with assets of $140 billion - more than treble the size of the ...

The octopus on fees versus commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
An iPhone app based on Paul the Octopus is undecided whether adviser remuneration should tilt towards fee for service rather than stay with commissions as the default payment method. The Ask Octopus app was developed in Brazil by uTouchLabs and is available ...

Russell gains corp super client

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Russell Investments has been appointed by packaging group Amcor to manage its $850 million corporate superannuation fund. Russell's consulting practice provides advice and research on governance, planning, structuring, managing and implementing of investment ...

Planners rank high on client scorecard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
People who use planners love the services they get, but those who have never dealt with planners directly are skeptical, research shows. According to research by CoreData-brandmanagement, commissioned by the Association of Financial Advisers, investors ...

Aii signs Citi as additional market maker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider Australian Index Investments (Aii) has signed Citi as an additional market marker - a deal that adds more liquidity to the firm's listed products. Citi joins Susquehanna International Group as a market maker and authorised ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... Life product grew 120 per cent in the 12 months to March 2010 and is now looking after $626 million. Separate research by Plan For Life has reported that platforms received $92 billion in inflows in the past 12 months, lead by BT with $28 billion which ...

US pension plan deficits rise in June

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Pension plan deficits of S&P1500 reached $510 billion at the end of the financial year, just $1 billion shy of the previous deficit record set in January 2009, according to a new report. Mercer's survey found the pension plan deficit had widened by ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... Investment Consulting business, said the firm plans to add more staff and resources. "We are continuing to strengthen our team and plan to add to the 120 staff we already have in the investment business in Australia," he said.

Planners turn property experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
A property research group is capitalising on demand from non-aligned financial planners seeking to provide their clients with residential property advice. Blue Wealth Property analyses trends such as population growth, economic factors and employment ...

LGS sells FuturePlus share to EISS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) is selling its half stake in admin and investment provider FuturePlus to its other half-owner Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS) - lifting the uncertainty that hung over the co-owned business caught in the political ...