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Lucky country

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Australian superannuation and sovereign fund assets grew over 14 per cent p.a. in local currency terms in the past five years, posting the highest growth in assets than any other country, research shows. The Watson Wyatt and Pensions & Investments research ...

Mercer wins ANZ Staff Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The $2 billion ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme has dropped Russell Employee Benefits for Mercer as its administration provider. In a press statement released today, the fund announced it had selected Mercer to provide administration and member ...

Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
The core-satellite approach to investing can drive even better returns if used together with a tailor-made capital protection strategy, said an asset design consultant for planners and SMSFs. Tony Rumble, founder of Alpha Structured Investments, designed ...

Seton named fund executive of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Michael Seton, chief executive at AGEST, has won the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year. The award, which AMP Capital Investors supports, was presented to Seton for his work in the fund's member services. Seton received ...

SMA ratings bring clarity for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
Standard & Poor's has awarded inaugural ratings to six separately managed account products - a move that could help advisers make better informed decisions when selecting SMAs for clients. S&P has given four stars to the Ausbil Australia Concentrated ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Charles River Development has added Nomura's AsiaModelEx platform onto its investment management system, Charles River IMS. Nomura's Asia ModelEx platform is a suite of core and advanced algorithmic order execution strategies. Charles River clients ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
ANZ forges its presence in Asia when it bought several banking and wealth management businesses in the region from the Royal Bank of Scotland for $687 million. According to an ASX release this morning, the acquisition includes the RBS retail, wealth ...

IOSCO warns against structured products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
A major review into the causes of the sub-prime crisis has been released and its key message is that if fiduciaries don't understand structured products, they should not invest in them. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has issued ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Aviva has appointed five fund managers including Ausbil Dexia, Goldman Sachs JBWere and Perennial Investment Partners to provide eight different models on the firm's separately managed account (SMA). The SMA model manager line-up, which also includes ...

Sunsuper extends planning service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Sunsuper has upgraded the fund's financial planning capability with On Track, a program which provides tailored on-going financial advice for members for free if the member has all their super in the fund. The super fund is targeting members 40 years ...