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Mercer adds to outsourcing team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... for multi employer plans last year. David Anderson, Mercer Asia Pacific outsourcing business leader, said superannuation plan trustees are demanding more from their outsourcing partners. "Our sales team now boasts industry experts with a comprehensive ...

XPLAN tops planners' list

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... latest 2008 Investment Trends Planner Technology Report. XPLAN was ranked first among major planning applications including plan production for clients with complex requirements, platform integration and transaction reporting, portfolio construction ...

CHAMP buys Centric Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
CHAMP Private Equity has completed the acquisition of a 75 per cent stake in Centric Wealth and invested $80 million into the boutique advisory firm. The deal follows "overwhelming support" from shareholders of Centric Wealth at a General Meeting held ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The record $A157 billion loss reported by AIG in the US and the resultant fourth rescue package from the US Treasury has resulted in the subsidiaries being quarantined into a special purpose vehicle, possibly in preparation for sale through an IPO. ...

SMSFs get web upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Online portfolio administration solution provider Multiport has unveiled a string of upgrades to its self-managed super fund (SMSF) solution in a bid to help SMSF advisers. Following the upgrade, advisers who use Multiport can get daily information ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... the US, accompanied by US President Obama's pledge to correct the budget deficit to soothe investors worried about an exit plan. By all indications, the worst of the worst have all been priced in by investors. But the broad-based sell-off yesterday and ...

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Financial services group IOOF climbs through the ranks of platforms with the largest share of the non-aligned adviser market when it acquired Skandia Australia and Intech, a move that quadruples its slice of the sub-segment and adds more than $8 billion ...

ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... equity administration business grew 60 per cent during 2008 and a conference survey by the same firm found half the attendees plan to increase their allocation to private equity this year. Locally, Pinnacle hired two ex-AMP private equity executives ...

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Westpac has launched an Australian shares separately managed account (SMA) that invests in the blue chip stocks to entice generation X into the market. The BlueChip20 SMA allows investors to build a portfolio in Australia's top 20 firms for a $2,500 ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... watching as it would serve as a template for other government when it comes time to pay their dues. Among others, Obama's exit plan is to adopt the 'Robin Hood' principle - taxing the rich and giving to the poor (or is it to the 'now poor' former Masters ...