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BDO Wealth Mgmt signs Instreet

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
BDO Wealth Management (Vic) joins the throng of financial advisory firms taking more control over their product lineup, enlisting the help of boutique fund Instreet and consultancy firm Terboven in its structured product offering for clients. Under ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Super System Review chair Jeremy Cooper said market forces in super aren't enough to drive the best outcome for members, arguing that contrary to industry claims, fund fees have gone up, not down, in the past decade. In his speech at the Committee for ...

MIT tax regime modernised and simplified

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Fund managers around the country are breathing a big sigh of relief after the government adopts a more common sense approach to the way managed funds are taxed - a big plus for investors that have long been disadvantaged by archaic MIT tax rules. It's ...

SunGard lends IT muscle to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
SunGard has combined its consulting and technology services teams to create a new global services firm with around 4,500 staff, focused solely on the global financial services and energy industries. Mack Gill, previously president of SunGard Technology ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
The government will pump up to $25 million over four years into a new centre that will teach and train the next generation of financial regulators in Australia while building ties with the regulatory powers-that-be in Asia. Speaking at a post-Budget ...

Investec eyes EM debt, record inflows

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010

Aurora wins $190m Optimix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
Aurora Funds Management has secured a $190 million mandate from ING Australia, thanks to the fund's investment strategy that enables investors to make money around earnings results announcements. The funds will be invested in a separately managed account ...

ME Bank inks Telstra deal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
Telstra scooped a three-year, $4.5 million contract to provide telecommunications products and services to ME Bank, an agreement signed as the bank, which was founded to serve industry fund members, embarks on a major expansion program. In February ...

S&P downgrades Challenger Aus Share funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has placed the Challenger Australian Share Income Fund 'on hold' and derated the group's Australian Share Fund and Select Australian Share Fund from four stars to three stars, citing resourcing issues. The changed ratings come on the ...

Yellow Brick Road selects OneVue managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road, headed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, plans to make a big mark in the self managed super funds (SMSFs) market by providing "advice on tap", signing a deal with managed account provider OneVue to help ...