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Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Scott Fletcher, director of client investment strategies at Russell, believes the threat of being liable for misdirected investment advice will see many planners, especially those specialising in life risk and other non-investment products, turn to ...

Tax-efficient giving advice missing: Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... pain in the neck," he said. Dedicated firms, such as the APS, now make it increasingly easy for financial advisers to outsource propositions. Bruce Christie, an adviser for Centric Wealth, says he is more than happy to let specialist companies with the ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Australian employees are more wary of job security and their future financial wellbeing than their fellow workers in recessionary countries, according to new Towers Watson research. Results from its latest Global Workforce Study (GWS) reveal that more ...

Outsourcing helps UK trustees better manage funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
UK pension fund trustees increasingly want to outsource day to day management of their fund's functions to a third-party manager, according to a poll by Russell. "With trustees under increased time-pressure there is a need for increased delegation ...

Perpetual to slash 40% of workforce

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Fund manager Perpetual has forecast a full year profit slide and announced pay cuts for its board as it begins a major restructure that will see it shed 40% of its workforce. Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd said that after an "honest look" at ...

Industry questions RE concept after Trio collapse

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
An in-house responsible entity has been singled out as a common theme between Trio and other collective investment collapses since 2007, although industry insiders have labelled the comment a rehash of an old debate. "While the report shared around ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... the notice said. Paul Schroder, general manager - growth and new opportunities at AustralianSuper said the IBM move to outsource super would likely be a precursor to other corporate super schemes taking similar action. "You'd expect IBM to be the first ...

AMP signs $220m tech contract

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
AMP has signed a $220 million contract to extend the services of tech provider CSC and support the integration of merged operations with AXA. The new five-year services contract extends the six-year $150 million contract AMP signed with CSC in 2009. ...

Russell completes Prime Super transition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Russell Investments is urging super funds to reconsider outsourcing administration arrangements following the announcement of the successful transition of industry fund Prime Super members to Russell's administration platform in January this year. The ...

AllianceBernstein awards State Street $300bn global mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... reporting, and performance measurement for AllianceBernstein's institutional accounts. "The Alliance Bernstein decision to outsource to State Street will support our Investment Management Services (IMS) strategy of providing high quality outsourced middle ...