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Netwealth is highest-rated adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... Investment Trends research. Investment Trends' December 2015 Platform Report analysed 506 "key characteristics" of 22 master trust and wrap platforms, which were then compared to the adviser preferences identified in the researcher's regular Planner ...

Morningstar appoints head of sales and distribution

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... member services teams and providing strategic leadership and management responsibility for the Russell SuperSolution Master Trust institutional retirement savings solution. She has also worked as director of national sales development, retirement and ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... Industry superannuation funds NGS Super and QIEC Super have flagged integrating their investments and insurance under a master trust structure. The boards of both super funds have entered a memorandum of understanding that will investigate the master ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

Senior fund manager leaves AMP Capital for Ausbil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Established in 1997, Ausbil's manages Australian equities for major superannuation funds, institutional investors, master trust and retail clients.

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The investment philosophy at QSuper is being continually debated but the fund's strategy has performed "as hoped for", producing stable returns despite random outcomes of markets. QSuper repositioned its investment strategy over the past six years post ...

Outsourcing is the future of compliance

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... managing director Roland Slee. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Slee said that because insurance, superannuation, master trust and investment product business lines are often administrated separately on proprietary in-house platforms, updating ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Larger superannuation funds appear to have no scale benefit when it comes to getting a good deal on group insurance premiums, the latest study from Rainmaker shows. The Autumn 2015 Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report analysed 15,408 risk options ...

Platform FUM up $660bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
The total investment platform market has risen 15.5% to $662.8 billion in the 12 months to March, the latest figures from Plan For Life show. Inflows were slightly down on last year - $145.9 billion versus $149.3 billion in 2014 - while outflows also ...