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Hewitt eyes investment consulting

Hewitt Associates, better known locally for its HR and actuarial services, is eyeing the investment consulting market, potentially posing a fresh threat to incumbents such as JANA, Watson Wyatt and Mercer. While Hewitt has been running a local HR operation ...

Bird flu pandemic risk could strike insurers

... increased risk. However, Fitch believes the increase in risk should be "tolerable" for the life insurance industry. Associate director of Fitch's US insurance group, Lauren Kalinowski, said, "Downgrades would be most likely if the virus mutates to allow ...

Industry backs tax cut recommendation

A Government initiated think tank has been backed by key industry groups in calling for tax cuts to managed investment trusts and superannuation funded tourism infrastructure projects. The recommendation, which was made to the Minister for Small Business ...

APRA to give guidance on the risks of outsourcing

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a discussion paper and draft standards giving guidance on managing the risks associated with outsourcing. The discussion paper was issued with draft prudential standards and a prudential ...

IWL and Macq to build info sharing technology

IWL's VisiPlan and Macquarie's COIN have announced they will be joining forces to create industry standard technology for communication between various platforms, planning software and advisers. The service will be provided free-of-charge to their subscribers ...

S&P rates Fidelity India fund

S&P has rated Fidelity's newly launched India Fund three stars but cautioned that a single emerging market fund comes with greater risk. S&P fund analyst Evan Davey rated the fund a "well-resourced team" adding that they had a "consistent bottom-up ...

Toorak-based adviser group buys FMPG

... Brisbane, Adelaide and the group's headquarters in Perth." FMPG principal, Warwick Thomas, will take on the role of associate director. Western Pacific group deputy chairman, Tim Donohue, said the merged group will continue to focus its business on high ...

HOSTPLUS tackles the competition and joins Melbourne Storm

HOSTPLUS has taken a bold step in becoming a major sponsor of the Melbourne Storm National Rugby League team for the next two seasons. HOSTPLUS, the national super fund for the hospitality, tourism, recreation and leisure industries in Australia, joins ...

Fraudsters rob super funds for petrol

Two former directors have been called on to answer fraud charges following an ASIC investigation which alleged they funnelled super monies into their own petrol station businesses. The alleged offenders were Karl Heinz Hermann Veljkovic and Barry John ...

Local and global equities fuel returns: SelectingSuper

... per cent return. The international equities option has also narrowed the gap posting 21.4 per cent. SelectingSuper's associate director of research, Andrew Keevers, said that the key take-aways were that the majority of super members are getting strong ...