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More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Almost all super funds will have a performance component built into the remuneration packages of their senior management within the next five years, and there are more fundamental changes ahead in the way super fund executives and staff get paid as ...

OneVue and BGL to white label UMA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
OneVue and BGL Corporate Solutions have teamed up to develop a unified managed account (UMA) for Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers. Both companies plan to white label the product to other financial advice dealer groups. The service ...

BlackRock SMA tops $500m

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
BlackRock's Customised Portfolio Service has reached $500 million in FUA and launched 84 investment models across 34 product disclosure statements in under five years in operation. Scott Phillips, BlackRock's director and head of retail at BlackRock ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, and Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, are sharing their insights on the financial planning industry at two separate AFA luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Perpetual has become the only manager to receive a five-star rating in S&P Fund Services' latest review of the Australian Equities - Large Cap sector-specific peer group. The peer group includes four investment strategies offered by four managers. S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mostly positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street trading higher and copper and oil prices firmer, although gold and silver futures prices were weaker. At 0734 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The former chief of ING New Zealand, Marc Lieberman, is the new head of Metlife Insurance in Australia. Lieberman will be reporting to Peter Smyth, Metlife's regional managing director for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Metlife, Lieberman was chief ...

Navigator tops best platform list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Navigator has been named the highest-rated platform for overall functionality - beating FirstWrap, Macquarie Wrap and Asgard eWrap, according to a new report. Navigator won the title for 2009, after many years of "steadily rising up through the rankings" ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
BT Financial Group-owned Asgard has spent more money on its investment platforms in the past 18 months than ever as part of a strategy that will see its Master Trust, Elements and eWrap platforms move under the one administration platform. Wayne Wilson ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
Australia's credit ratings market has a new entrant - Corporate Scorecard - which recently received the green light from ASIC to operate as a licensed Credit Ratings Agency. According to a press release, CSC is the first Australian-owned CRA to obtain ...