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Faster contributions processing at SuperChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
QSuper, ING and AMP are among some of the large super funds now using SuperChoice's latest straight through contribution processing technology, Super Data Exchange. Superannuation exchange provider SuperChoice has launched Super Data Exchange - a service ...

Zenith rates Fairview fund 'recommended'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has given a 'recommended' rating to the Fairview Emerging Companies fund. Founded in August last year, Fairview Equity Partners is managed by three executive directors that also act as portfolio managers - Chris Adams, Leigh ...

Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
The core-satellite approach to investing can drive even better returns if used together with a tailor-made capital protection strategy, said an asset design consultant for planners and SMSFs. Tony Rumble, founder of Alpha Structured Investments, designed ...

Shared equity property posts 21pc growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Rismark International's residential property shared equity portfolio's mark to market value is 21 per cent higher than when it opened in March 2007. The firm's "mature portfolio" has invested in roughly 500 properties so far and based on cash-flows ...

City Super adopts weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
The $1.1 billion Brisbane-based City Super is now using weekly unit pricing to determine the value of members' investments - a shift away from its previous monthly declared rates. City Super, which had $1.13 billion at the end of June according to Rainmaker ...

The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
The savings pattern of many Australians has changed dramatically since June last year, and it's uncannily similar to the way people saved after the Great Depression, research shows. Research conducted by Retail Finance Intelligence (Rfi) found the return ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Economist and AFR columnist David Bassanese is banking on the popularity of exchange traded funds (ETFs) when he set up his new ETF research and consulting business for financial planners and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Bassanese opened ...

Macquarie buys Delaware Investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement to buy Delaware Investments for $516 million - a move that deepens Macquarie's footprint in North America and adds a further $150 billion into its assets under management. Philadelphia-based Delaware currently ...

Clock ticking for UK defined benefit schemes

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
Research has found half the UK companies with defined benefit pension schemes expect to close them to all employees in the next three years, forcing employees to rely on defined contribution schemes instead. Watson Wyatt research found more than one ...

S&P rates AMP bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Standard & Poor's has given a 'four star' rating to the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund. This rating means the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund and Corporate Bond fund A are both rated four stars. The fund provides corporate bond exposure to investors ...