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Clock ticking for UK defined benefit schemes

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... it is hard to justify keeping more generous pension arrangements for a dwindling number of long serving staff." The consultancy said among the reasons firms are closing schemes include the poor economy and new pension scheme valuation results.

Funds resist SG "me too" pension scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... demand for their advice but at least a third of pension funds will look to allocate mandates directly to cut fees. "The consultancy model has clearly failed in 2008 and the fees are too high for the quality given," commented one of the investors surveyed. ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... that it provides real benefits to a company's bottom-line numbers. According to a study commissioned by global IT consultancy Avanade released in February this year, early adopters of cloud computing said they are increasing their investments in this ...

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... that. The cost to upgrade those legacy systems would be enormous," said Graham Peatey, founder of financial planning consultancy firm, Encore Group. The cost to the entire industry could be in the tens of millions, with an average planning practice with ...

Broker gets permanent ban from ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... $43,500 of his client's funds. This follows an ASIC investigation into Clough's dealings when he operated an insurance consultancy business which traded as Muir Sturrock Pty Ltd and Muir Sturrock Consulting. ASIC found that Clough engaged in dishonest ...

Carthona to advise on $500m insto money

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... Australian company that could. Since the start of the year, institutional investors have signed up to ask for Carthona's consultancy advice on a total $500 million worth of investments. Charlie Blomfield, managing director at Carthona Agriculture, said ...

SuperTrace wins Heron award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... a five star quality rating from the Heron Partnership for the second consecutive year. Independent superannuation consultancy The Heron Partnership once again awarded SuperTrace, part of the Commonwealth Bank Group, a five star quality rating in its ...

AustralianSuper hires Inalytics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
AustralianSuper's selected multi managers may need to refine their processes after the super fund hired research consultancy firm Inalytics to assess the skills of the underlying fund managers. Amanda Field, managing director at Inalytics, said AustralianSuper ...

Macq opens fin planning consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... months in length, we can put them on a retainer and they can pay on a monthly basis," said McCarthy. McCarthy said the consultancy business already had a number of clients on the books and had been "overwhelmed" with demand. The new division comes after ...

Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... Paul Keating. At the end of last year, a group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy wrote to Prime Minister Rudd proposing that employer super contributions be temporarily cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the ...