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Challenger annuities post record sales

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Challenger's Guaranteed Income Plan annuities product received a record $91 million in August alone as financial advisers look for ways to preserve client income in retirement. In addition, while financial advisers are also allocating client money to ...

ASIC targets Brighton in Westpoint swoop

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
ASIC has filed a court application to commence proceedings against Brighton Hall Securities as part of its latest Westpoint crackdown. ASIC announced yesterday that it had filed an application for leave in the Federal Court in Perth to commence proceedings ...

REI Super named as default fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
The $600 million REI Super has been named as the default superannuation fund in the first draft of a new Federal Real Estate Award. REI Super, which had $608 million at the end of June according to Rainmaker Information, has been singled out by the ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Supercorp Australia is poised to unveil superMate, its next generation self managed superannuation fund administration software built on the technology of its current flagship product, SuperVisor II. The new offering extends the existing SuperVisor ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Advisers have been let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource ...

More ATMs for SuperVantage users

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Vision Super-backed SuperVantage Account holders can now access their five free monthly ATM transactions across any rediATM or NAB machines throughout Australia. According to a media statement from the $4 billion Vision Super, the fund's partnership ...

Mercer urges STP implementation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Mercer has called for UK defined contribution pension plan trustees to adopt straight through processing (STP) systems or risk significant financial pain. STP involves the automation of communication about investment transactions between administrators ...

Aus Ethical overhauls website and PDS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has revamped its product disclosure statement (PDS) and website to cut paper use while still providing adequate information to investors. The new managed funds guide and website includes the fund manager's new branding ...

Lateral Thinking selects Powerwrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Melbourne financial planning firm, Lateral Thinking, has selected Praemium-backed Powerwrap as its preferred supplier of portfolio administration platform services. The new wrap platform uses the technological expertise of ASX-listed Australian portfolio ...

Northern Trust targets risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Northern Trust has improved its online risk and performance tools with the inclusion of new technology to deliver risk attribution and Value at Risk (VaR) information. The new tools provide an integrated view of historical risk and performance information ...