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Outsourcing FM admin doesn't reduce staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Australian investment managers who outsource their investment operations have only 8% less staff than those who manage their operations internally, according to new research by Investit. The SimCorp sponsored Future of Investment Operations report found ...

FOFA reforms are a soft landing

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Bernie Ripoll MP told AFA conference delegates that the future of financial advice reforms represent a balance between the interests of major stakeholders and the middle ground. Ripoll said the inquiry that bears his name received over 400 submissions ...

Butterworth to leave DKN

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Phil Butterworth, chief executive of financial service provider DKN, will leave the group this Friday just weeks after it successfully merged with IOOF. The merged group said Butterworth was leaving of his own accord to pursue new opportunities, his ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Mercer, a global industry all-rounder in research, consulting and investment funds, has its sights firmly set on the Australian financial advice industry, with plans to become a dominant player within the next decade. In its target of the retail market ...

ING Investment adopts Bloomberg Platform

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
ING Investment Management has adopted Bloomberg's research platform to keep connected with trade idea performance worldwide. ING IM is the first investment firm to use this technology which provides a network for portfolio managers to communicate with ...

Medicare to handle compassionate super payouts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The government has relieved the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) of its duties to administer the early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds, handing the responsibility to Medicare. Only around $1.5 million of super savings ...

Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Coalition has adopted the ALP's superannuation clearing house policy as their preferred way to simplify contribution payments for small businesses. Under the morphed policy, the Coalition has proposed small business employers send superannuation ...

RBC Dexia opens Thailand for Aberdeen

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
RBC Dexia Investor Services has opened its pan-Asian transfer agency platform in Thailand, meaning fund orders that once were faxed are now automated. The global service provider has opened its platform specifically for investment management client ...

Oakeshott won't back FOFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Independent and Lower House balance MP Rob Oakeshott has told reporters that he won't back the FOFA opt-in reforms; raising doubts whether the whole advice reform package will make it past its first parliamentary hurdle. Oakeshott wavering on the FOFA ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
S&P Indices has launched a new index covering second-tier emerging markets Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. The CIVETS 60 index comprises of ten stocks from each country. Each company must have a market capitalisation of ...