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ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
ING Australia is outsourcing its financial product and fund research to two external providers in January as Financial Facts shuts its operations by the end of the year. According to a press statement from ING Australia, the firm recently conducted ...

TPD tax changes could increase premiums: ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Tax changes around the deductibility of insurance premiums for disability superannuation benefits has been criticised by one industry association that warns insurance premiums may rise. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The $13 billion HESTA is taking a new approach to measuring and remunerating Aussie equities fund managers by making them accountable for the tax implications of their decisions. According to a press statement by HESTA, the fund would be the first super ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Life insurer Asteron spearheads a new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer ...

OneVue adds DNR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
OneVue has added five Dalton Nicol Reid MAx, Managed Account Xertus, portfolio mandates to its managed account. Dalton Nicol Reid provides financial advisers with monthly mandate updates, detailed audio updates and stock change advice. Charles Cornish ...

Pengana wins $66 million in mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Cuesuper, Combined Fund and Pinnacle Superannuation have poured a collective $66 million into the Pengana Global Bond Fund. The three Melbourne-based superannuation funds have allocated the mandates over the past three months, with Combined Fund allocating ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
The US has teamed up with Egypt in one of the largest crackdowns on cyber fraud - resulting in 100 people linked to an international "phishing" operation charged for trying to defraud American banks. According to a press statement from the Federal Bureau ...

Westpoint exec faces court

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The former chief financial controller of the Westpoint Group of companies, Graeme Rundle, has appeared in court following two criminal charges brought by ASIC. Rundle, of Perth, Western Australia, appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court, Sydney ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
With shareholders in revolt about excessive remuneration pay of listed companies despite the market fallout, the focus is now on the remuneration pay of super fund executives, with WA Treasurer Troy Buswell reportedly attempting to block the chief exec ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
John Trowbridge, executive member at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has highlighted the pressure group insurers are under to attain and keep contracts with large super funds. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia yesterday ...