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Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Pair' television commercials. ISA deputy chief executive Robbie Campo told Financial Standard that "the bank-owned retail funds are seeking to stifle competition on the basis of net returns." Campo argued that the 'Compare the Pair' campaign informs ...

Praemium upgrades CRM planning software

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... place for easy access. Praemium administers in excess of 300,000 investor accounts covering approximately $80 billion in funds globally, and currently provides services to approximately 700 financial institutions and intermediaries.

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... their core objectives are, he said as he explained how DSM's $6 billion portfolio is 30% sourced from institutional pension funds, 25% from endowment funds and 20% from high net worth investors. In Australia this is reflected in the 96% correlation super ...

US retirement assets reach US$23tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... accounted for another $2.0 trillion. The employer DC market includes the US$4.2 trillion held in 401(k) plans of which mutual funds made up US$3.5 trillion or 60% of the FUM. Meanwhile, 45% of IRAs were invested into mutual funds. Target date or life ...

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... South Australia and chair of the PJC David Fawcett talked about "calculations clearly by people who are supporting retail funds where they show that a retail fund's performance for a given set of conditions clearly exceeds that of the average industry ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... for their employees. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, CBA said that "the process to select default superannuation funds within employment awards is unnecessary." Under the current system, employers choose a default superannuation fund from a limited ...

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
AMP Capital has made three of its funds available to retail investors for the first time. The funds are the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund, Australian Equity Income Fund and Income Generator. The first two funds have previously only been available ...

Blue Sky Water appoints investment director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... agricultural enterprises from livestock to irrigated cotton to the new role. He was formerly general manager for agricultural funds at the recently privatised PrimeAg Australia Limited, which invests in Australian agricultural land and water assets. ...

Bridges CEO leaves after implementing IOOF model

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... all the group's dealerships under one single division. Bridges Financial has over 300 advisers and about $8.9 billion in funds under advice as of March 2013, according to Rainmaker data.

Cbus first industry fund to get Lonsec rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... rating to all Cbus investment options including the Cbus default option -- Cbus Growth (Cbus MySuper), where 90% of the funds 700,000 plus members have their money invested. The rating further progresses Cbus' FPA Professional Practices referral program ...