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Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Warren Chant of Chant West said super funds with $5 billion or less "should not be in existence", but others are calling his claims over the top. Heated debates on the role of fund ratings firms at yesterday's CMSF conference saw Chant ply the notion ...

ITG focuses on after-tax benchmarks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Finance technology firm Investment Technology Group (ITG) has found a way to combine advanced technology with improved market data quality to make customised after-tax benchmarks a reality. According to ITG product manager for market data analytics ...

Choice system to cost $90m: CitiStreet

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The cost of processing contributions associated with Australia's Choice of Fund system is around $20 to $30 million per year, and could reach $90 million by 2012, according to CitiStreet. The global retirement plan administrator revealed the findings ...

SecuritEase on the defense after Tricom fallout

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
SecuritEase - the software provider that was falsely reported as responsible for broker Tricom's woes - suffers another blow when a new client, broking firm Tolhurst, opted to re-sign with its previous IT provider, GBST. In April last year, Tolhurst ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Average fund returns of 15 per cent or more could soon be a thing of the past as investment experts predict that returns this year are more likely to be around the 8 per cent mark. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday ...

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
Industry Super Network executive director David Whiteley said any decision the Government takes in the upcoming May budget to increase superannuation contributions needs to be grounded in structural reforms to increase the "efficiency and fairness" ...

S&P recruits IOOF exec after Ibbetson's exit

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
IOOF senior research manager Paul O'Connor has jumped ship to take up the position of director in ratings house Standard & Poor's fund services team. O'Connor, who officially left IOOF Monday this week, will begin his new role on March 31 and will be ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, is to launch a range of diversified growth strategies using both traditional and alternative asset classes. These strategies will invest across a combination ...

Perpetual appoints ex-Lend Lease CFO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Perpetual has appointed Roger Burrows to the role of chief financial officer, replacing John Nesbitt, who will take up the position of group executive private wealth. Burrows joins Perpetual with over 25 years experience in a range of industries including ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
ASX-listed biotechnology firm Starpharma may not have flagged much interest from local investors, but the company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural ...