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AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... market will be in the way that it manages and responds to its key distribution relationships especially through its master trust distribution network," he said. "There will be an increased focus from human resources consultants, brokers and employers ...

Aon hires Russell for FM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Aon Consulting Australia has appointed multi-manager specialist Russell Investment Group to manage the firm's master trust's $1.6 billion in assets and develop a range of specialist investment options. Aon Consulting (Aon) Master Trust investment options ...

IRESS software gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
IRESS' planning software, XPLAN, has recorded the highest level of satisfaction amongst planners for fully featured planning software, a new report shows. According to the latest Investment Trends Planner Technology report, XPLAN - a web-deployed platform ...

Governance before crisis

Corporate governance often comes into the spotlight following a crisis - a trap that super fund trustees should avoid at all costs, says a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Brisbane yesterday ...

Asgard automates data feeds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... multiple times. The standards have been implemented across Asgard Wealth Solutions' (Asgard) eWRAP, Elements and Master Trust products. "[Asgard] has always had downloads to planning software but from a process perspective it required the user to go ...

Pillar wins outsourcing deal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... move also underpins our continuing development of innovative and quality superannuation solutions through the Aon Master Trust," said Fortheringam. Pillar's chairman, Dr Col Gellatly, said: "We are excited about being appointed to administer Aon's superannuation ...

Breakthrough on super fund fee processing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... tests were carried out on a basic install of SQL Server 2008, running on Windows Server 2008. Syncsoft ran tests on a master trust to test a complex product, and then ran a less complex industry fund product which scaled to 18.4 million members on an ...

ING upgrades OneAnswer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
ING Australia's master trust, OneAnswer, has improved its insurance offering, increasing its total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover by $1 million to $3 million. As part of the upgrade, terminal illness benefits have increased by $1.5 million to ...

What happened to baby platforms?

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... channel as they use it for clients up to $300,000 who are looking to access wholesale funds at a lower costs that master trust bring," Lloyd said. "Elements is built within our master fund and our e-wrap structures so we're getting a lot of scale because ...

Industry funds on top again

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... balanced option came out on top, with 18 per cent returns over three years, with Acumen Corporate Super the best-ranked master trust in 17th place, though that is ironically the master trust division of the REST industry fund notwithstanding it managed ...