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Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... increasingly thinking about diversification in the context of all return drivers and adding the necessary governance or outsourcing to ensure success." In producing the P&I/Towers Watson list Australian super funds recorded a five-year compound growth ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... insource some of their investment capability in the coming years. "Custodians could conceivably offer chief risk officer outsourcing. They will use technology differently. State Street has an office in Silicon Valley. The pipe work needs upgrading but ...

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) recently released an information paper on its considerations around outsourcing shared computing services, including cloud. As shared computer services continually evolve, APRA is encouraging ongoing ...

Remuneration has no bearing on advice quality

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... assisted in Bombora's ambition to be "the professional risk practice of the future." "Our desire is to be a professional outsourcing partner to our fellow professionals in the accounting and financial planning fraternity, and that's where we're aiming ...

DST partners UK wealth manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... and services via a multi-channel portal that manages all online and mobile content. The UK firm is in the process of outsourcing its back-office operations to International Financial Data Services (IFDS), a 50/50 joint venture between DST and State Street ...

QIC extends partnership with Northern Trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... of Australian fund products. The appointment follows Northern Trust's commitment to provide investment operations outsourcing services for QIC from 2011. Northern Trust also provides fund administration, global custody and depositary services to QIC's ...

Legg Mason appoints custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... administrator. Part of the Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services has provided investment administration outsourcing services to fund managers in Australia for over 14 years and offers a range of custodial and other services to safeguard ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... would be hard to control the unwinding of the markets. However, there will be plenty of opportunities as US stops outsourcing and starts insourcing. "We like real estate, the US dollar and we think the Eurozone will come on its own," he said. The surprise ...

APRA releases group insurance best practice guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... management. On the tender process, it provides guidance on claims philosophy, sustainability, service agreements, outsourcing, monitoring the RSE licensee and other relationships, and responding to a tender. APRA said of the guide: "The release of LPG ...