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IOOF targets Gen Y super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
IOOF has launched Individuum - a new online financial services business and super provider for Australian Gen Y-ers. But will the budding company succeed in cashing in on the online super trend? Individuum is IOOF's new online financial services business ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Ex- Rubicon investment managers Antonio Meroni and Tony Wolfe's have brought more than just their expertise to Pengana when they joined in May - they have also ferried across some of Rubicon's largest global institutional investors keen for a slice ...

NAB Super divests direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
NAB Group Super is expected to sell its last four directly-owned properties as part of a property portfolio restructure. The fund made the move under the advice of its asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers. "The [main objectives] for the sale are ...

Industry questions dual role of CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Should a superannuation fund's chief executive sit on the fund's Trustee Board? Industry experts are divided on whether wearing both hats create potential conflicts of interest. The panelists at the Fund Executives Association Limited's (FEAL) national ...

Austock curbs expansion plans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Austock Group's business restructure continues after it posted full year profits down 27 per cent to $8.1 million - although the group is partly redeemed by its $33 million in cash reserves, zero operations in stock lending and better-than-expected ...

Segmentation prompts industry warning

MICHAEL HOBBS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Despite a focus on the younger generation driving a segmented approach to marketing, super funds must correctly implement the strategy to ensure its older members aren't ignored, according to Robin Bowerman, Vanguard Investments head of retail. "If ...

India tech giant opens local devt base

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Multi-billion dollar Indian outfit HCL Technologies plans to hire more IT staff and open a Melbourne office, shortly after opening a major IT development centre in Sydney this week - all part of an ambitious plan to better serve its growing client base ...

Perpetual posts $133m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Perpetual's end of the financial year results came at the lower end of estimates, with the firm's operating profit after tax falling eight per cent on the prior year to $133.5 million. Total operating revenues rose six per cent to $496 million thanks ...

Legalsuper boosts 'pure cash' with Macq index

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Following member feedback, legalsuper created a "pure cash" option and seeded it with a $35 million investment in Macquarie's True Index Cash fund. The super fund's chief executive Andrew Proebstl said the move came about following negative returns ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
The general manager finance and tax at Wesfarmers, Luigi Mottolini, spent a good part of May and June leading a roadshow to meet with local credit investors. The aim of the meetings was to repair relations with bond portfolio managers and analysts who ...