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AUSCOAL adds Copper Rock and Putnam

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
AUSCOAL Super alters its $5.7 billion investment portfolio to include two new investment managers with a focus on the global bond market while redeeming its Alliance Bernstein mandate. Diversifying the super fund's international shares portfolio, AUSCOAL ...

StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... said O 'Flaherty. Last year StatewideSuper reappointed MetLife in Australia as its insurer, continuing their 18 year partnership, but during the tender process, many insurers provided details of their offerings, inspiring the fund's recent upgrades. ...

AUSCOAL and Maritime drop merger talks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
AUSCOAL Super and Maritime Super have decided not to merge, opting instead to pursue more strategic partnerships, for now. In a joint statement, Maritime Super fund chair Paddy Crumlin and AUSCOAL Super's Arthur Weston said that their fund members would ...

Media Super switches from Pillar to Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... Mercer to handle the fund's day-to-day administrative services, transferring from its current provider Pillar. The partnership with Mercer, starting from 1 March, will allow Media Super to improve its member services with the addition of new features ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... backing to counter the unknown risks of declines, inflation and longevity, he said. "I like the public to private partnership type structure. I have no problem with life insurers or industry funds issuing annuities but I think they have to do their risk ...

Apostle picks up $50m, signs H2O

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
Apostle Asset Management has secured a $50 million funding into Loomis Sayles and signed a new distribution partnership with London-based boutique, H2O Asset Management. Apostle, which has $5 billion in assets under management, said that an industry ...

Kingston Capital joins FSP

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Kings Park Securities while the Geraldton business will trade as Financial Services Partners Geraldton. "Securing our partnership with quality planning firms such as this is part of our growth plans that we have been working to over the past couple of ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... clients' portfolios and impose more compliance burden on their business. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in partnership with NAB Financial Planner Banking, commissioned researcher Core Data-brandmanagement last September to gauge adviser ...

Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... to boost the financial systems in Asia and the Pacific. The latest contribution to the Financial Sector Development Partnership Fund raises Luxembourg's total investments in the facility to $5.8 million. "With this additional assistance, the Government ...

AvSuper awards mandate to IFP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... dropped its mandate with Wellington International Management Company and awarded $52 million to Independent Franchise Partnership following a review. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the $1 billion-plus fund, said IFP replaces Wellington, with ...