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PIS expands footprint into Canada

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
Acting on its Canadian expansion strategy, Professional Investment Services (PIS) is set to take over a 100-planner strong Canadian financial planning group. PIS had been looking for Canadian expansion opportunities for the past 18 months before making ...

New alternatives offering from van Eyk

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
Aurora Funds Management has been appointed by van Eyk as the responsible entity for its new van Eyk Blueprint Alternatives Plus trust. The trust will be available through the multi-manager van Eyk Blueprint Alternatives Fund, which includes a line up ...

Aust Unity upgrades to Pentafin

Australian Unity Investments, the funds management arm of health, finance and retirement group Australian Unity, is to undergo a major IT upgrade over the next six to nine months and has dropped its previous IT partner for software group Pentafin. Mark ...

Industry funds save 26 per cent in fees: study

A new study has found that industry funds deliver 26 per cent more in retirement savings than retail master trusts due to lower fees, refueling debate on how super funds deliver value-for-money to their members. Superannuation research firm SuperRatings ...

Improve returns by picking losers: Triguboff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
The best way to improve returns is to start looking at losing stocks, according to Michael Triguboff, managing director of MIR Investment Management. Speaking at the ipac Thought Leaders Event "Finding tomorrow's alpha", Tribuboff explained that both ...

BT throws gearing into the wrap mix

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
On the back of announcing its wrap had just broken through the $25 billion barrier, BT has a new arrow in its wrap quiver with the unveiling of its Geared Wrap solution. The new addition to the wrap suite helps advisers and clients to seamlessly incorporate ...

SMSFs most flexible option post Budget: Mariner

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Mariner Financial believes that recent Budget changes mean the most flexible way individuals can top up their super over time is through a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Because of the newly introduced cap on undeducted contributions of $150,000 per ...

SERF awards MLIM $85m portable alpha mandate

The $1.5 billion Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) has awarded Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) an $85 million institutional mandate to invest in a portable alpha strategy with a twist. Under the mandate, MLIM's US based portable ...

Macq Wrap clocks up $20bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
Macquarie has announced that its Macquarie Wrap has swollen to $20 billion in funds under administration on the back of $2 billion in growth over the past six months. Director of Macquarie Adviser Services, Giulio Russo, was pleased with the recent ...

AXA hits $10bn on platform but continues to build

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
AXA's Summit platform has ridden a tide of strong sales and continued support from advisers past its milestone of $10 billion in funds under administration (FUA). June and July saw AXA record all time record sales, taking FUA past the $10 billion mark ...