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Asgard makes tax time easier for planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... "In addition, we are introducing improved functionality to enable customers to transfer between Asgard's Elements, Master Trust and eWRAP product ranges and updating our AdviserNET functionality as well as data downloads."

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

Ban insurance commissions in super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Commissions should be banned on all insurance products in super, including group risk and personal insurance, according to the Cooper Review's final report. Members can generally access insurance through super, and they continue to have cover without ...

Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Challenger has won a $650 million mandate to be invested in its Guaranteed Index Return product, bringing the total guaranteed product sales for the life company to an estimated $2.15 billion this financial year. Stuart Barton, head of marketing and ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... the attendees to look more closely at research that suggests industry competition drove fees down. "The corporate master trust market is one where it is sometimes argued that the benefit of rigorous competition does flow directly to members," he said. ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Investment and Financial Services Association is implementing a new investment reporting format that will require retail super funds to revert back to performance figures gross of any ongoing and advice fees. The objective is to facilitate comparability ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... proposals came from a number of sources including US-based Amalgamated Bank, the Service Employees International Union's Master Trust and Chicago-based Sisters of Charity. While the number of shareholder proposals might appear low, the actual number ...

Navigator tops best platform list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... significant improvements within those areas," he said. Investment Trends' report is based on analyst reviews comparing 25 master trust and wrap platforms across 430 aspects of their service offering.

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... spent more money on its investment platforms in the past 18 months than ever as part of a strategy that will see its Master Trust, Elements and eWrap platforms move under the one administration platform. Wayne Wilson, head of Asgard, said the changes ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Eight super funds, including AustralianSuper, are spearheading the move to better assess climate change risks on long-term returns, but the industry, as a whole, is still moving at a glacial pace on all thing carbon, a survey shows. The joint survey ...