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Macquarie to shut CMT, transitions to CMA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
Macquarie Group has announced a proposal to close down its flagship cash management trust and transfer $9.8 billion of funds from the CMT to the Macquarie Cash Management Account. According to a Macquarie statement, the firm is seeking Macquarie CMT ...

Multiport upgrades UMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Multiport has improved its unified managed account offer by upgrading its model portfolio management system - allowing SMSFs to use model portfolios alongside their direct investments on the same Multiport service. The move allows dealer groups to operate ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Russell has opened its flagship multi-asset portfolio, the Russell Pooled Superannuation Trust Balanced Opportunities Unit, to three new alternative asset sector funds. According to a press statement from Russell, the move has seen the trust's alternative ...

Funds want better EMs access

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Growing appetite for emerging market investment is pushing super funds to think differently about how to gain access to the sector, said Bruce Murphy, managing director BNY Mellon Asset Management in Australia. International equities now make up 23 ...

SuperChoice ups clearinghouse challenge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Superannuation clearinghouse provider SuperChoice has teamed up with banking giant ANZ to develop PayClear2, a new system that can help small to mid-size businesses process SG contributions faster and with more accuracy. It's hard to get excited about ...

Western Financial wins Water Corp Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Water Corporation Superannuation Plan has appointed Western Financial to provide its members with financial advice services. In a statement to members, WCSP introduced the financial planning service last month. The advice provided is limited to matters ...

Supercorp software adds 2,000 users

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Supercorp Technology's self managed super fund (SMSF) administration software is being used to process more than 2,000 SMSFs just four months after the solution was launched. The firm's software, superMate, was launched in October last year as the next ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
"Efxaristo para poli!" That's Greek for thank you very much. What in the world could possibly make European Central Bank President (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet abandoned the summer sunshine in Sydney - and the company of the 23 other central representatives ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
The termination of the government guarantee on wholesale funding next month gives a strong signal that - as far as the Australian government is concerned - the financial crisis is over. But the move could pose new problems for financial services providers ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Italian and Luxembourg-domiciled asset manager ERSEL Sim S.p.A has selected Barra Performance on RIMES to service its performance measurement and attribution requirements. RIMES Technologies is a financial data integrator and performance solutions provider ...