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Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Nearly one third of Australian businesses regard outsourcing as one of their top 10 priorities for the next 12 months - but many are still looking within Australia rather than overseas for outsourcing opportunities, new research show. According to a ...

Alleron focuses on cash and mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... Alleron Investment Management recently hired a head of compliance. "This really reflects our organic growth, rather than outsourcing [this role] it's good to bring it inside because then that individual can be leveraged across a number of other projects ...

Mercer adds to outsourcing team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Mercer continues to add more resources to the firm's $34 billion outsourcing sales business, hiring James Panaretos as outsourcing sales manager, corporate superannuation. Panaretos previously worked at Mariner Financial, Russell Investments and BT ...

National clearing house shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... house. This was followed by a discussion paper released in November. Central to government deliberations is that while outsourcing the national clearing house mandate to a single provider would be the simplest solution, they are wary of imposing a monopoly ...

Job cuts drive record advice requests

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... members were faced with situations they hadn't encountered before," said David Anderson, Asia Pacific leader of Mercer's outsourcing business.

Master trusts and industry funds drive risk growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... market by 2023. The key driver behind this growth is a trend from employer master trusts and public sector funds to use outsourcing arrangements for their risk insurance. Greater communication between super funds and their members, improved technology ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... the Plan for Life research for the September 2008 quarter. David Anderson, worldwide partner at Mercer and head of outsourcing for Asia-Pacific, said the strong inflows was partly due to their sales strategy implemented back in 2007. "What we did at ...

NAB Super hands investments to JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... $3.1 billion corporate super fund NAB Group Super is starting 2009 with a fresh take on investments by completely outsourcing their investment management to JANA Investment Advisors. In a January newsletter to the corporate fund's members, NAB Super ...

Trust wins $200m Fin Synergy mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... of trustees are becoming more exacting. Compliance with the requirements can sometimes be more easily achieved by outsourcing the trustee function to specialist trustees who have the systems in place to be able to meet the regulatory obligations and ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... insurance," said Natalie Eckersall, general manager of wealth protection products. Research indicates that the cost of outsourcing home duties, normally performed by the non-working spouse, can add up to over $45,000 per annum, said Eckersall. Income ...