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AMP moves into direct super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
AMP Financial Services is launching a simple, low cost, no commission online superannuation fund, Flexible Lifetime Super Easy, designed to appeal to Gen X and Y. This move by AMP follows a trend by Virgin Superannuation, Max Super and the popular BT ...

BT winds up Global Return fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
BT Investment Management is winding up its $870 million BT Global Return fund three months after it suspended applications into and redemptions from the fund. In a statement from the firm, BT Investment Management said the fund will be closed to all ...

Macquarie buys remaining Olicc shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Coin Software, the Macquarie subsidiary, has bought the remaining amount of Olicc Technologies shares after first buying a 50 per cent stake in the technology firm in June 2007. The deal means Coin can roll-out the Olicc Technologies practice management ...

Veljkovic caught for super crimes

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Melbourne man Karl Heinz Veljkovic has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment in relation to the misuse of superannuation funds. The Court ordered that six months of the total sentence be served concurrently. Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria ...

Vision Super banking goes live

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Members of the $4.2 billion Vision Super can now access their allocated pension funds directly through ATMs and Visa Debit cards with its recently launched banking service. Vision Super teamed up with Cuscal last year to provide the super fund's members ...

Pinnacle to distribute Capital International

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Pinnacle Investment Management, the same firm that helped new boutique Solaris gather around $1 billion in mandates in one of the toughest periods for getting mandates, lands a deal to distribute US-based Capital International funds locally. The group ...

Inalytics to compare transition managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Research consultancy group Inalytics is set to build a giant database of transition events that will help super funds compare transition managers based on fees - a comparison tool that has caught the attention of major asset consultants. Inalytics scored ...

Health Super signs Bravura

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Health Super has signed a deal with Bravura Solutions to enhance the fund's member online services and back of house administration. The deal means the fund will integrate the technology provider's ePASS software across the fund's operations. Simon ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Super funds must provide detailed five and 10-year investment performance records in member statements, not just in annual reports, following new government rules. The new measures mean all returns at an investment option or sub plan level need to be ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Financial planner Sam Henderson discovered a decision he made 12 months ago to set up a managed accounts service for clients is paying off. Speaking at Financial Standard's managed accounts seminar early this month, Henderson said that using managed ...