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Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Super funds investments into Australian infrastructure should be a win-win arrangement for both parties - but the current structures and projects remain too risky for institutional mandates, according to Asset Super. John Paul, chief executive of the ...

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen. Accelerate Connect allows advisers to launch the TOWER Australia ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

AAS, Pillar and Superpartners brace for SuperStream

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Three of Australia's largest fund administrators - AAS, Pillar Administration and Superpartners - have formed an affiliation that will take on board the recommendations from the Cooper Review to improve super fund back office efficiencies. The Superannuation ...

Perennial ramps up international business strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Perennial Investment Partners has appointed an international business development manager to gain more UK, US and Middle Eastern clients. Michael Crivelli, executive chair at Perennial, said a number of the fund manager's boutique strategies are highly ...

New benchmarks for better retirement: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard, which gives Australians a good indication of how much they need to save for retirement, has been adjusted to factor in modern comforts that used to be nice-to-haves but are now must-haves. In the report, the new ...

Cbus CONNECT merger goes ahead

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
Industry super funds Cbus and CONNECT today announced they have formally agreed to merge effective 1 October 2010, creating a $14.7 billion fund. Earlier this year the two boards confirmed they had signed a heads of agreement providing in principle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices generally higher, along with precious metals, oil and copper. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney futures exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Tora expands to include Australia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... linked to TORA Crosspoint, creating access to broad liquidity in the region. Several additional partners are expected to connect to TORA Crosspoint over the next few months. "TORA Crosspoint is unique in that it seeks liquidity in parallel with the user's ...

FPA chief to champion planner needs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... good background in working with advisers on a day-to-day basis so he has an inclination but, importantly, he needs to connect with members who are disconnected due to the events of the past couple of years." Ross Curulli, director and CFP at Hall Chadwick ...