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Managed accounts get FOFA boost

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Managed Discretionary Accounts are reaping some benefits from the introduction of FOFA as advisers turn to new investment vehicles, recording $150 million of inflows during the five months to November 30 for IAS. Investment Administration Services (IAS) ...

Artio brings high yield to Aust instos

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
New York-based investment management firm, Artio Global Investors, is meeting with super funds this week to introduce its new high yield bond investment strategy as a smart alternative to equities. Since opening its first Australian office in Sydney ...

Nikko cancels $2bn IPO

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Tyndall Asset Management's owner, Nikko Asset Management, has cancelled a $2 billion share offering due to global market volatility. Announced after a board meeting, Nikko has cancelled a previously resolved secondary offering of shares and suspended ...

Energy Super turns to YouTube

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Energy Super is attempting to go viral with the launch of short animated YouTube videos, targeting its Gen Y super members. As a three video series, the animated shorts explore salary sacrificing, early super contributions and the benefits for an average ...

Challenger dominates annuity market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
It seems 2011 is the year of the annuity with sales of the retirement product closing in on $2 billion for this year alone, according to research by Plan For Life, with Challenger dominating the space. According to the latest figures, the total number ...

MasterKey Custom upgrades to MLC Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Around 30,000 MasterKey Custom clients are now being upgraded to MLC's full service investment platform, MLC Wrap, to access the platform's full range of functionality and investment options. The upgrade has resulted in an additional 30,000 clients ...

Lonsec adds three to research team

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Research house Lonsec has added three to its ranks as it continues to build out its investment consulting team with newly created roles. In one newly-created role, Anh Nguyen has joined Lonsec as quantitative analyst, providing quantitative research ...

MLC scoops three ex-AXA for retirement team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Shaune Egan, Stuart McGregor and Joachim Lumbroso are rejoining their former AXA colleague, MLC's current Retirement Solutions general manager, Andrew Barnett, at MLC. Joining the Retirement Solutions team of ten people, Egan has been appointed MLC ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Super industry heads have responded to yesterday's MYEFO announcement from the Government with concerns raised about the reliance of super products on the equity markets. As reported yesterday by Financial Standard, Treasurer Wayne Swan released the ...

Super funds evolve towards direct property: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Australian super funds and offshore pension investors are circling around direct real estate as they evolve towards creating their own portfolio, according to AMP's head property fund manager. Chris Judd, AMP's head of property funds management, said ...