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Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... voluntary administration on September 15, A after van Eyk's responsible entity, Macquarie Group, decided to terminate nine funds under the Blueprint series. The suspended funds had given mandates to UK hedge fund Artefact Partners, which was allegedly ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Bank-owned retail funds should be forced to roll all their default superannuation members out of high-fee products into low-fee MySuper products, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). AIST head of executive manager ...

Lifeplan appoints national BDM

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Lifeplan Funds Management has appointed Greg Bird to the newly created role of national business development manager. The position was created in response to increased demand from financial advisers for investment bonds. Bird was most recently business ...

MySuper hurts low balance members: UniSuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... months," O'Sullivan said. According to Industry Fund Services general manager, products, David Vernon, fewer and fewer industry funds are using ERFs, even though their members might be better off if they were in one. He put this down to the increasing ...

Former van Eyk asset consultants to launch new business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... men resigned from the troubled financial services research company shortly before the turmoil in its Blueprint series of funds was made public. The new venture will be headquartered in Sydney and the service is aimed at mid-sized dealer groups and high ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... sporadic trading that was expected on the final day of the September quarter. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said that hedge funds and large fund managers were balancing their books in line with trading strategies after recent heavy losses. At the start ...

Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... and data collection available in the market. Some of the ways this could be achieved included leveraging data to provide funds with greater insights on employers and members (23%) and allowing members to manage cover online more easily (28%). "As insurers ...

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission to the government's review of retirement income stream regulation, ASFA said ...

Morningstar names two new analysts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Wu has come on board as an analyst. They are responsible for undertaking research on Australian and New Zealand managed funds, listed investment companies, and exchange-traded funds. Both report to Tom Whitelaw, director of manager research ratings. ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former BlackRock MD

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... indicated his belief that the company's business represents an effective challenger to the traditional platform/managed funds model. Seccombe, who is also on the member advisory board of the SelfWealth self directed platform group, has been looking for ...