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Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Revised statistics on superannuation contributions released by APRA and the ATO reveal an explosion in the amount of money Australians are contributing into their super funds, now running at a quarter of total wages and salaries. APRA figures released ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Perpetual appointed Ganesh Suntharam as joint head of firm's quantitative investments business. This announcement follows the appointment of Vasant Khilnani as Suntharam's co-head of quantitative investments. Both Suntharam and Khilnani were promoted ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
A new report just released by Roy Morgan Research (RMR) reveals attempts to introduce competition into the superannuation market are not working. According to the report, only 3 per cent of super fund members have switched funds in the last twelve months ...

XPLAN tops planners' list

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
XPLAN has been acknowledged as the tech provider of choice among financial planners for the fourth year running, according to the latest 2008 Investment Trends Planner Technology Report. XPLAN was ranked first among major planning applications including ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... between 50 per to 60 per cent of ETF assets reside with retail users, including financial advisors and the direct retail channel. This suggests a gradual deepening and broadening of the retail ETF market, said the report.

BT appoints super and investment heads

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... distribution. Shuttleworth said Evans had successfully managed the distribution of BT Super for Life through the Westpac bank channel. He said Evans would focus on developing innovative retirement solutions for their customer base.

SmartStream appoints Walsh

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
SmartStream Technologies has appointed Mike Walsh as channel partners director to its Asia Pacific team. Walsh will be responsible for managing existing and recruiting new industry partners to assist in building on SmartStream's presence in the region. ...

Insurance stays afloat

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... management and compliance systems in 2009. Moving into 2008, US insurers were displaying a proclivity to invest in the online channel for sales and service, with 60 per cent and 50 per cent of non-life and life insurers respectively saying they were ...

Cuffe fund outperforms index by 13.8 pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Not many fund managers can claim that they are performing well amidst today's gloomy investment environment - but Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund managed to stay ahead of the index since its inception this year. The fund, which still posted a loss ...

CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Colonial First State has partnered with US-based fundamental indexing experts Research Affiliates in a bid to upgrade its multi manager portfolio. CFS will soon unveil a new subsidiary, Realindex Investments, which will have the exclusive right to use ...