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Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Mercer has formed an alliance with Supercorp's cloud platform superMate to offer its clients a more efficient service to order actuarial certificates. The self managed super fund (SMSF) administration provider 'superMate' is designed to allow accountants ...

QIC names chief of global clients

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... with Damien and his team to continue delivering strong investment outcomes for clients and ensuring that our product innovation meets the changing needs of our clients," said Delaney about his new role. QIC currently has approximately $64.7 billion in ...

QIC names chief of global clients

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... with Damien and his team to continue delivering strong investment outcomes for clients and ensuring that our product innovation meets the changing needs of our clients," said Delaney about his new role. QIC currently has approximately $64.7 billion in ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... deciding that "bigger is necessarily best," despite some smaller funds offering lower fees, better performance and product innovation. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive officer Pauline Vamos said that her organisation ...

TAL big winner in AFA annual awards

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... for Service Quality, AXA for Trauma Insurance, CommInsure for Income Protection, BT and Macquarie for Risk Product Innovation and Challenger for Overall Annuity Provider of the Year. AFA national president Brad Fox applauded the range and calibre of ...

ETF provider wants to expand asset class range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
State Street Global Advisers is keen to open new asset class realms to the Australian exchange-traded fund market, its global head of ETFs said yesterday. Scott Ebner, managing director and global head of exchange traded fund product for SSgA flew into ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Fixed income benchmarks which are all nearly income cap weighted are massively inefficient," said Peebles. Product innovation and a higher reliance on the skills of managers is the answer to moving away from benchmarks, said Peebles, adding that it will ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Fixed income benchmarks which are all nearly income cap weighted are massively inefficient," said Peebles. Product innovation and a higher reliance on the skills of managers is the answer to moving away from benchmarks, said Peebles, adding that it will ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... the FSC requested the development of a "principles-based framework for income streams which does not stifle product innovation or dissuade individuals from choosing products with embedded risk protection". Cooper joined Challenger in December last year ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... against annuities with a diverse portfolio and that demand is the key issue. "I think a combination of ongoing product innovation, changing risk appetite in the aftermath of the GFC, growing awareness of longevity risk and the government removing impediments ...