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How Good does it get for Superpartners?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... services." Good joins Superpartners with over 10 years of senior management experience in corporate superannuation, master trust, insurance and superannuation administration. Before joining AXA, he held management positions at Sedgwick Noble Lowndes ...

Real Estate Capital Partners takes to the market

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... by the end of 2007 on the back of a strong track record, good research house ratings and wide availability across master trust and wrap platforms. "We will be working closely with planners to position REIF as part of investors' 'model' portfolios, and ...

New kid on the ratings block: Heron

... ratings game with the launch of its own fund ratings service. The group reviewed 98 funds from the industry fund, master trust and multi-employer fund segments. The ratings process uses a 100 point scheme where funds are rated based on investment arrangements ...

Skandia ranks number one for BDM service

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... this is up eight-fold since 2004 when the uptake rate was only 2 per cent. Skandia was also the fifth-highest rated master trust behind Macquarie Wrap and Asgard's three offerings eWRAP, Elements and Asgard. Advisers rated Skandia One fourth in terms ...

AMPFP scraps industry funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has announced it is removing industry funds from its approved product list, citing a lack of client demand. AMPFP said that its planner network had received little demand from clients for industry funds and the costs involved ...

FuturePlus eyes international property

Hands up if you're an international property fund manager with a strong business case. FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson wants to hear from you. At Financial Standard's Best Practice seminar on building a global investment portfolio held ...

Pillar breaks into retail trust admin

Super fund administrator Pillar Administration has cast its net outside public sector funds and into the retail trust market, with three tenders underway. Chief executive Peter Cormack said that the move is just a natural progression for the group given ...

Russell reinforces retirement services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... on board in June and will assist with strategy and growth of the Russell flagship super fund Russell SuperSolution Master Trust. Heather Dawson, managing director, retirement services, said the appointment reflected Russell's focus on helping Australians ...

Fees are going up, but it wasn't meant to be

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... master trusts however, the impact has been marginal, no doubt reflecting their more robust disclosure traditions. Master trust fees in general terms may be higher but that is quite a separate issue to how good the disclosure is. But a contaminating factor ...

ING pushes harder into SME market

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
... centred around lower fees. On the back of an AC Nielson survey that revealed that ING was the first choice in the master trust space for people wanting to change super and was also ranked first for customer satisfaction for service and charges, ING is ...