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DMS pioneers fee-for-service technology

Planners dreading the logistical nightmare of providing a fee-for-service option to clients can rest easy after IT services provider DMS developed what it claims is the first ever software solution that fully automates fee-for-service payments. It took ...

VFMC gets centralised

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has appointed Vanguard to manage their new Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) system. A relatively new concept in Australia, Vanguard pioneered the technique in 2004 with MLC. VFMC is introducing ...

Sunsuper awards $580m mandate to US endowment fund

Sunsuper has appointed Makena Capital Management, a US-based pioneer in private endowment investing, to manage $580 million (US$500 million) of its portfolio. Under the agreement, Sunsuper and Makena Capital will work collaboratively on investment strategy ...

Hatfield leaves Pengana

High profile hedge fund advocate Damien Hatfield has left his role as head of Pengana's hedge fund distribution to set up his own hedge fund research business. Last September Hatfield reportedly sold his 15,000 shares in Pengana Managers weeks after ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

CommSec launches over-the-counter CFDs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
CommSec has announced the launch of a new over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFD) product to meet the needs of investors hungry for more CFD trading opportunities. Matt Comyn, CommSec general manager, said the new CommSec CFD offering would ...

Bluestone crossing the Tasman for NZ equity release

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Equity release specialist group Bluestone is expanding its footprint across the Tasman with the launch of a range of equity release products in the New Zealand market. With backing from Westpac's institutional banking arm, Bluestone is entering a New ...

Direct Portfolio Services adds new insto manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Separately managed accounts (SMA) provider Direct Portfolio Services has announced the appointment of a new institutional relationship manager. Angela Tennant joins Direct Portfolio Services from Zurich where she worked as a senior research analyst. ...

SMAs step up to platforms

Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group is the latest to join a growing number of dealer groups who are pioneering the use of separately managed accounts (SMAs), touted the biggest thing since platforms. AFS joins Tolhurst Noall and Lonsdale Financial ...

First Capital and Explorer to launch SMSF wrap 'OzSuper'

ASX listed finance group First Capital is set to acquire separately managed account (SMA) provider Explorer Group for $14.6 million and launch what it claims is the first self-managed super fund (SMSF) wrap in the country. Through the acquisition, First ...