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Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Gaming group Tabcorp will be moving the superannuation accounts of 250 NSW TAB staff affected by the collapse of Astarra to CareSuper. A Tabcorp spokesperson contacted by Financial Standard this morning said the company has written to the relevant workers ...

Guardian signs Custom Solutions

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Colonial First State's Custom Solutions platform has signed a white label agreement with Suncorp Group-owned Guardian Financial Planning. The deal means Guardian advisers will be able to provide clients with a broad number of investment options, risk ...

Select looks to sign on six dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Select Asset Management is in talks with six dealer groups looking to use the firm's Customised Portfolio Solutions (CPS). Andrew Fairweather, chief executive of Select Asset Management, said the firm had around six to seven dealer groups in the discussion ...

Asteron creates new dealership role

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
Asteron has promoted Robyn Mohr to newly created role, senior manager of dealerships. Mohr previously worked as national manager, sales strategy helping drive its online application service, Lifeguard EQ and risk product Lifeguard. This promotion means ...

Untangling the Astarra web continues

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
New information from Trio Capital administrator PPB showed more than half of the $63 million Asttar Wholesale Portfolio Service's assets were invested in funds and property firms part and wholly owned by the failed fund manager. According to a letter ...

Integrity appoints new portfolio manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Michael Murray reunites with former colleague Paul Fiani when he left AMP to join Fiani's Aussie equities boutique firm, Integrity Investment Management. Michael joins Integrity after nearly nine years with AMP where he was a senior portfolio manager ...

Trio funds to be wound up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
PPB, the administrator of Trio Capital, is filing a court application to wind up six of the failed fund manager's funds following an initial investigation of the schemes. According to a letter from PPB, an application will be filed with the court this ...

LKM directors blocked from leaving Oz

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
ASIC has successfully stopped Rolf Koops and Sandra Martin, directors of collapsed debenture scheme operator LKM Capital, which cost investors $63 million in losses, from leaving the country. The NSW Federal Court ordered that Koops and Martin be restrained ...

Hartsuyker named new shadow minister for super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Luke Hartsuyker MP is the new Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. Hartsuyker's new role is part of the opposition leader Tony Abbott's shadow ministry reshuffle announced yesterday. "Luke replaces ...

IRESS adds Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Subscribers to XPLAN Risk Researcher now have the ability to obtain real-time binding quotes relating to Asteron's Lifeguard risk product range. IRESS has included Asteron as an insurer to support IRESS' real-time insurance premium validation functionality. ...