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Ascalon nabs sales execs from Triple-A Partners

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... 2007 and before that he was Pengana Managers managing director. Prior to that he was Colonial First State head of hedge funds, where he oversaw the launch and management of the manager's hedge fund of funds product. "Having one of Australia's most experienced ...

RARE joins Calastone network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Calastone specialises in automating manual processes for the managed fund and superannuation sectors. Previously, platforms and funds communicated by fax machine, with data inputted manually by operators. Belonging to the network will automate the flows ...

GSA an affordable alternative to DLAs: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... APRA-regulated life insurers should be allowed to offer DLAs. GSA, on the other hand, which could be provided directly by super funds, would be less expensive because it offers no guarantee. Financial Standard understands a group of industry super funds ...

IFM Investors adds global index equities capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... investors for offshore investment product, with the role of index equities and particularly better beta capability growing in funds allocation strategies," IFM Investors global head of indexed equities Aidan Puddy said. "In time we will also expand our ...

AMP and University of Adelaide form SMSF research centre

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) at the University of Adelaide will open a Centre of Excellence in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) by the end of the year. Using AMP's SMSF database, the centre aims to provide greater insights into the motivations ...

ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... advertising campaign seeks to raise the awareness of five million Industry SuperFund members that unlike bank-owned super funds, Industry SuperFunds do not pay sales incentives to financial advisers or other bank staff and are run only to benefit members." ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
A new government agency should be established to progress the global export of our funds management industry, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said in its second round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The new body, as envisaged ...

QSuper adds SMSF-style direct investment option

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... to invest a portion of their super directly into a range of options including shares, term deposits and exchange traded funds. Known as Self Invest, QSuper said 'hands-on' investors could potentially save thousands of dollars in capital gains tax payments ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... round of submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its 140 page submission the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) put the emphasis on limiting expenditure on the Age Pension, saying the aim should be to halve the number ...