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CFS creates wrap platform for Infocus

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... (CFS) has created a full-service wrap platform to assist advisers in meeting the regulatory requirements of the incoming Freedom of Financial Advice (FoFA) regime. The platform, called 'Ultimate' consists of a superannuation and pension service as well ...

Rethinking the value of asset consultants

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... talking to external investment managers and experience in portfolio assembling and implementation. This gives them the freedom to choose from a vast array of external investment managers and inhouse capability akin to how a 'platform' provides retail ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... Calstrs positions in companies that manufacture firearms that are illegal in California last week and the decision to dump Freedom Group, the company behind the Bushmaster rifle that was used at Sandy Hook, was taken on Wednesday. Investment committee ...

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... only an expectation of greater efficiencies and reduced costs but also additional member benefits in the form of greater freedom of choice. "The role of chief operating officer (COO), as broadly defined, is crucial in the day-to-day management of both ...

APLs a potential minefield under FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... locking out fund managers such as boutiques [if they set their fees too high]. It could be argued that there needs to be freedom of sponsorship otherwise the sponsorship fees could be seen as deciding the APL."

Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... Schaeuble to ridicule Greece? Who are the Dutch? Who are the Finns? We always had the pride to defend not just our own freedom, not just our own country, but the freedom of all of Europe." But I also don't blame the Germans for being distrustful that ...

Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... strategies. Cash, or inflation, is normally the benchmark with the target return set above this. This means the manager has the freedom to invest in different geographies and markets, investing wherever they see the best prospects." Millar said that ...

RaboDirect launches Online SMSF

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
RaboDirect and Cavendish have partnered up to launch a new online SMSF solution that boasts freedom of choice for trustees and compliance assistance. In a bid to bring more transparency to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market, RaboDirect has created ...

Maritime Super launches fixed term pension product

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... Maritime Super. "Because different members have different needs, we've created a fixed-term pension that gives members the freedom to choose how much income they wish to receive and for how long."

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011