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UniSuper to use Bravura ePASS

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
The $24 billion industry superannuation fund UniSuper has signed a five year IT contract with Bravura Solutions. UniSuper has purchased the license for Bravura's ePASS. Non-participating employers who contribute to UniSuper on behalf of ex-university ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Banking giant HSBC, which runs a $414 billion-plus investment management arm, is setting up a wholesale wealth management business in Australia. HSBC's newest business will be led by ex-Barclays Global Investors head of sales, consulting relationships ...

Russell chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Russell Investments' chief executive Craig Ueland has resigned and will be replaced by executive vice president of Northwestern Mutual, John Schlifske. Ueland spent 25 years at Russell, and was named chief executive in 2004. He left the company early ...

REST targets member TFNs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
REST Super, the $14 billion super fund for the retail industry, helped at least 200,000 of its members avoid paying undue tax under the 'No TFN Tax' ruling, and hopes to help 60,000 more through an internal TFN reporting drive. Under the 'No TFN Tax' ...

Fujitsu and tradeslot sign carbon mgmt deal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Fund managers and super funds at a loss on how to quantify the costs of going carbon neutral or want to analyse their carbon footprint can look to a new carbon management platform developed by IT group tradeslot with the backing of Fujitsu Consulting. ...

Plato wins OptiMix mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Boutique fund manager Plato Investment Management has been appointed as an OptiMix Australian Equities manager. "[Plato's] addition to the OptiMix Wholesale Australian shares portfolio will improve the alpha potential and the use of short positions ...

MacarthurCook appeals ASX breach

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
Boutique fund manager MacarthurCook has confirmed it is appealing the Australian Securities Exchange's charge that it had breached regulations following the issuance of its shares to IOOF Holdings. In a statement released by the ASX today, MacarthurCook ...

FutureWise on track with advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
Over 300 advisers have given Macquarie's FutureWise platform the thumbs up when it comes to user and underwriting support, communications and application process ease, a new survey shows. The research, which was conducted by Information Research Management ...

McIvor to leave AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Alison McIvor, general manager of marketing and communications of $28 billion industry fund AustralianSuper, has resigned. McIvor tendered her resignation last week following ten years of service at AustralianSuper. "She's achieved some remarkable things ...

Super fund reporting to go online: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
The country's financial regulator ASIC is giving super funds the go ahead to use the web as their default method of delivering annual fund information to members, as long as certain conditions are met. "We have decided that for this year we will allow ...