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Super funds at risk of cyber crime

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... into wherever we want in the whole organisation." Miller warned that criminals have in the past tried to set up bank accounts with false identities, then attempted to roll over super funds with stolen member details. Miller's warning comes in the wake ...

Mason Stevens releases global equity managed account

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Managed accounts provider, Mason Stevens, has released its first global equities portfolio after partnering up with Caledonia (Private) Investments. In an exclusive offering for managed accounts clients, the Mason Stevens Global Concentrated Portfolio ...

Direct investors dump managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... from 4.3 million to 2.2 million. The results highlight a massive move away from intermediated investing, with Managed Accounts and self-managed super funds expected to be a major beneficiary. "The 2008 Study identified a quite large segment (23 per cent ...

CFS tilts at emerging market returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... Realindex calls the system the Fundamental Index method. Andrew Francis, chief executive of Realindex, said the fund screens accounts data from the last five years to narrow its selection down, without worrying too much about jurisdictional accounting ...

Macq Wrap releases new accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Macquarie Wrap creates accounts structure free of adviser rebates and commissions that offers a new range of investment, superannuation and pension accounts. The Consolidator Series has a flexible pricing structure that Macquarie said would allow advisers ...

Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... very clear on the link between volatility and client wariness with 88 per cent seeing volatility in their retirement accounts raised clients' concerns about retirement and financial security. Additionally, advisers expressed interest in finding other ...

Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... with negative superannuation account balances. Research house Rice Warner has said 26 per cent of dormant superannuation accounts have active life insurance policies causing balances to dwindle.

Certitude eyes liquidity boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Increased investment in managed accounts has enabled fund manager Certitude Global Investments to lift liquidity restrictions on its HFA Diversified Investments Fund (DIF) as of June 30 2011. Certitude will remove all remaining restrictions on the $350 ...

CBA funds get small Q1 lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... management, Insurance Inforce Premiums were up 1.1 per cent to $1.6 billion driven by solid growth in Retail Life, which accounts for $836 million.

Sustainable strategy downgraded

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... said. The products are offered by AMP, Life Plan and Perpetual through its Wealth Focus platform and possibly other wrap accounts. Morningstar cited potential staff turnover and un-tested team structure as risks for the strategy. "Michael Anderson's ...