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Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Advisers have been let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource ...

More ATMs for SuperVantage users

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... partnership of ATM networks increases the number of participating ATMs to over 3,100 - giving SuperVantage Account holders more choice on where they want to withdraw or bank their money. The increased numbers of participating ATMs were made available ...

Macq Global Investments wins mandates...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Macquarie Global Investments' Professional Series has been awarded an investment mandate from industry super fund Cbus and a nod from van Eyk. A statement from the bank said Cbus had invested a significant amount into the Scotland-based fund manager ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... 1.19 per cent per year, according to Lipper. The averages can also be misleading as some retail funds, including First Choice Wholesale and BT Super for Life, both charge below 1 per cent in fees. Monaghan said that the fees in this sector could go down ...

Super funds should own fund managers: Gray

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... funds should "own" the fund managers they award mandates to if funds wanted to slash agency costs and remove excessive choice, said industry veteran, Jack Gray. Gray, former co-head of asset allocation at GMO and current adjunct professor at UTS, argues ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... type investments. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive at AIST, said the survey raised questions around the role of investment choice in super funds. "We need to ask whether it's really necessary to have so much investor choice in superannuation, given that ...

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... performance ratings were really the issue, then we would have seen a lot more members switching funds since the advent of the choice of fund legislation. "The fact that hasn't happened suggests members are focused on the long term, and that should be ...

Cambridge Strategy opens shop in Sydney

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... Udy, who has worked with the firm in its London office as director of research. Opening a Sydney office was an obvious choice for The Cambridge Strategy, with three of the principals in the boutique firm either Australian or have worked here. Marketing ...

Faster contributions processing at SuperChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... exchange provider SuperChoice has launched Super Data Exchange - a service that allows super funds to streamline their super choice transactions. According to a media statement by SuperChoice, SDX allows funds to reduce costs associated with processing ...

All PE signs point to China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... will mark a step-change for the private equity industry and, for the first time, institutional investors will have a true choice of where to invest in private equity on a global basis," said Bruno Raschle, chairman and chief executive of Adveq.