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APRA urges trustees to adhere to industry standards

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority is calling on superannuation fund trustees to ensure the outsourced marketers and product designers of their funds are adhering to industry standards and that the trustees at all times are ultimately responsible. ...

Perpetual updates performance, remuneration

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
The Perpetual Limited Annual General Meeting saw the firm admit financial performance needed to improve but said it was on the right track with talk of new products in the next financial year, as well as disclosure of the firm executive remuneration ...

SMSF cloud solution launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... SMSF administration provider," said company director Kevin Nicol. "Unlike some other SMSF administration services that outsource the administration work off-shore, Superfund Wholesale uses industry leading software to deliver unparalleled efficiencies ...

Outsourcing FM admin doesn't reduce staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Australian investment managers who outsource their investment operations have only 8% less staff than those who manage their operations internally, according to new research by Investit. The SimCorp sponsored Future of Investment Operations report found ...

Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... expectations of their clients. "Some practices decide they don't have enough SMSF's to provide in-house assistance and outsource to us, while others feel that the level of service that SMSF trustees are demanding is beyond what accounting practices have ...

Trust company considers outsourcing while MITs drive growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... group basis," said Atkin. "We need to upgrade and refresh our systems but we'll build that one capability ourselves or outsource it in New Zealand and then migrate Australia onto that system which will let us take out quite a lot of cost." Atkin said ...

Macq seals landmark $8.7bn admin deal with Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Perpetual will outsource the administration services for its $8.7 billion private wealth administration platform to Macquarie Investment Management with plans for new adviser-focused features and broader market appeal. Macquarie will provide all back ...

SMSFs feeling the age gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The ageing demographics of SMSF trustees may prove to be the real issue for the sector, but that isn't holding it back with rising growth rates and surging fund numbers, heard delegates at a Women in Super event yesterday. Speaking at the event, Sarah ...

Perpetual outsources central data hub

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Perpetual has selected a global EDM specialist to run its central data hub to replace its inhouse system. Going live today, Perpetual selected the Cadis enterprise data management (EDM) platform after a two week proof of concept test which assessed ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... of Australia's superannuation industry was still operating on legacy relics left over from the 1990s. "Because they outsource their money management to custodians, they keep their old legacy systems," he said. Hill said the mistake they make is trying ...